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# Emacs Prelude
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Prelude is an Emacs distribution that aims to enhance the default
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Emacs experience. Prelude alters a lot of the default settings,
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bundles a plethora of additional packages and adds its own core
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library to the mix. The final product offers an easy to use Emacs
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configuration for Emacs newcomers and lots of additional power for
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Emacs power users.
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!!! Important
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Prelude is compatible **ONLY with GNU Emacs 25.1+**. In general you're
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advised to always run Prelude with the latest Emacs - currently **26.1**.
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You can support the development of Prelude via
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[PayPal](https://www.paypal.me/bbatsov),
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[Salt](https://bountysource.com/teams/prelude),
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[Patreon](https://www.patreon.com/bbatsov) and
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[Liberapay](https://liberapay.com/bbatsov/donate).
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## Philosophy
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Prelude's philosophy is quite simple:
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* simple
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* easy to understand and extend
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* stable
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* a foundation for you to build upon, as opposed to some end-user product
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This means that it intentionally doesn't pack all the bells and whistles that it could.
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Prelude aims to enhance the classic Emacs experience without deviating a lot from it - e.g.
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it would never enable something like `evil-mode` (vim keybindings) by default and so on.
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All the third-party packages that it bundles are carefully vetted and are known to be of
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good quality and to have reliable maintainers. That generally means that Prelude's unlikely
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to immediate adopt some shiny new package, that has established tried and true alternatives.
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## Features
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* Improved UX, that's still in line with Emacs traditions
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* Sane defaults of baseline Emacs functionality
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* A curated set of 3rd party packages to enhance the base functionality
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* Simple modular architecture
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* Easy customization
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