From 999d7dd6f475162fef56a4d75eef83b01ab83e2a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jim Myhrberg Date: Sun, 4 Oct 2015 09:51:03 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Update readme --- README.md | 23 ++++++++++++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 1b3eae7..b112bf2 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ -# jimeh's .emacs.d (a.k.a. Emacs-Siren) +# jimeh's .emacs.d (a.k.a. Emacs Siren) -This is my personal Emacs config, currently nicknamed Emacs-Siren, and heavily +This is my personal Emacs config, currently nicknamed Emacs Siren, and heavily inspired by [Emacs Prelude](https://github.com/bbatsov/prelude). However, this is not some form of an Emacs starter kit, it's simply my personal @@ -20,5 +20,22 @@ daily basis. git submodule init git submodule update -2. Launch Emacs and wait a few minutes while it installs all missing packages. +2. Launch Emacs and wait a few minutes while it installs all packages. 3. Enjoy ^_^ + +## Why not use Emacs Prelude? + +Prelude is nice and all, but I don't need everything it does. I need a config +that does what I need without having to potentially counter and/or work against +some config framework. Hence I prefer rolling my own. + +The way Prelude structures it's files and code however is very great, and +something I took to heart when I started working on a rewrite of my config, and +hence Emacs Siren was born. + +## Why call my config Emacs-Siren? + +I had been playing a lot of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, and decided to pick a name +based on a enemy type from the game. "Siren" was short and kinda cool sounding. + +![Siren](http://i.imgur.com/7PtsVDG.jpg)