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Spacemacs

A community-driven Emacs distribution

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Spacemacs is a community-driven Emacs distribution that aims to combine Emacs and Vim. It is focused on ergonomics, mnemonics and consistency, with mnemonic key bindings, discoverable key binding displays, and a consistent set of conventions across functionalities. Configuration is community-driven, with curated packages tuned by power users.

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