I installed an earlier version of it 3+ years ago and then worked through the standard tutorial a couple of times, invoked with "C-h t" (control-key + h-key, then t-key).
After that, I was off and running with Emacs!
Once some familiarity with Emacs Lisp (elisp) has been acquired, a careful study of the prelude sources and the sources of various packages installed by prelude is a great way to acquire a deeper understanding of how to wire things together inside Emacs.
A decent way to get started learning elisp is to read the introductory text hosted on gnu.org:
Pro tip: if you haven't done so previously, you may want to remap your caps lock key (via OS settings) to act as an additional control-key – some users find caps lock easier to reach for with their left pinky finger than the left-control-key on many keyboards.
https://github.com/bbatsov/prelude
I installed an earlier version of it 3+ years ago and then worked through the standard tutorial a couple of times, invoked with "C-h t" (control-key + h-key, then t-key).
After that, I was off and running with Emacs!
Once some familiarity with Emacs Lisp (elisp) has been acquired, a careful study of the prelude sources and the sources of various packages installed by prelude is a great way to acquire a deeper understanding of how to wire things together inside Emacs.
A decent way to get started learning elisp is to read the introductory text hosted on gnu.org:
An Introduction to Programming in Emacs Lisp
https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/eintr.html
Pro tip: if you haven't done so previously, you may want to remap your caps lock key (via OS settings) to act as an additional control-key – some users find caps lock easier to reach for with their left pinky finger than the left-control-key on many keyboards.