anyone use Emacs for writing or know good Emacs tutorials??
I've been writing a lot lately, both for my blog as well as personal creative writing projects.
For my blog I use Sublime Text with a few syntax plugins. I write blog posts in a mix of Markdown and HTML.
For creative writing I use LibreOffice Writer. It's just your basic, rich text word processor. Whenever I want to post anything online I will export the .docx file into an .html file and use the raw HTML code.
I've heard that Emacs is a Swiss army knife of a text editor. I wondered if it would be versatile/robust enough to cover a wide range of use cases. I'd like Emacs to fulfill these roles/requirements:
- Write in Markdown
- Write in rich text
- Create notes, outlines, plot maps/tables, etc
- Export to .docx, .html, .css files
- Have a "distraction free" mode (similar to Libre Writer's fullscreen mode)
- Be able to apply a Gruvbox color theme
I came across the Emacs writing studio recently. I'll probably dive into it soon. I've had Emacs downloaded for sometime, but whenever I jump into it I get overwhelmed. I've got an intermediate knowledge of TUI programs and using the terminal on Linux, so it isn't so much navigating Emacs that is the problem but just the breadth of its scope.