``` _____ ____ _ _ | ____|_ __ ___ __ _ ___ ___ | _ \ _ __ ___| |_ _ __| | ___ | _| | '_ ` _ \ / _` |/ __/ __| | |_) | '__/ _ \ | | | |/ _` |/ _ \ | |___| | | | | | (_| | (__\__ \ | __/| | | __/ | |_| | (_| | __/ |_____|_| |_| |_|\__,_|\___|___/ |_| |_| \___|_|\__,_|\__,_|\___| ``` ## Prelude Emacs is probably the best text editor in the world. However, the process of coming up with a useful Emacs configuration is long and difficult. It's this process that separates you from truly taking advantage of Emacs's power. I like to refer to this process as the **Prelude**. **Prelude** has the goal to ease the initial Emacs setup process and to provide you with a much more powerful and productive experience than that you get out of the box. By using **Prelude** you're basically getting a "Get me out of the Prelude, I just want to use Emacs" card. **Prelude** is compatible **ONLY with GNU Emacs 24**. While Emacs 24 is not yet officially released it's a rock solid piece of software more than suitable for everyday work. There is no good excuse not to use Emacs 24! ## Fast Forward Assuming you're using an Unix-like OS (`*BSD`, `GNU/Linux`, `OS X`, `Solaris`, etc), you already have Emacs 24 installed, as well as `git` & `curl` you can skip the whole manual and just type in your favorite shell the following command: `curl -L https://github.com/bbatsov/prelude/raw/master/utils/installer.sh | sh` You can now power up your Emacs, sit back and enjoy Prelude. ## Would you like to know more? Check out the [Prelude's project page](http://batsov.com/prelude). ## Known issues Check out the project's [issue list](https://github.com/bbatsov/prelude/issues?sort=created&direction=desc&state=open) a list of unresolved issues. By the way - feel free to fix any of them and sent me a pull request. :-) ## Contributors Here's a [list](https://github.com/bbatsov/prelude/contributors) of all the people who have contributed to the development of Emacs Prelude. ## Bugs & Improvements Bug reports and suggestions for improvements are always welcome. github pull requests are even better! :-) I'd like to include a nice variety of Emacs 24 themes into Prelude - so if you've developed (or simply found) one - give me a shout and I'll take a look at it. Cheers,
Bozhidar