Emacs Desktop Environment #1 - Getting Started with EXWM

In this stream, we'll begin building the ultimate desktop environment using Emacs Window Manager (EXWM). By the end of this stream we will have a working configuration that you can use daily and then we'll build on it in future streams to make it even better!

Chapters (special thanks to The Nerdy Hamster!):

0:00 - Introduction 0:45 - Technical issues Not a Windows Update 2:31 - EXWM introduction 3:42 - Benefits of EXWM 5:14 - EXWM comapred with other WMs 6:25 - Minimal setup for EXWM 15:15 - Booting into EXWM 16:48 - EXWM basic Configuration 22:23 - Basic window management 29:26 - Explanation of EXWM configuration 36:15 - Chat Questions 38:29 - Workspaces 44:07 - Key bindings and prefixes 47:47 - Setting the screen resolution 53:01 - Setting buffer names for applications 55:01 - Setting the screen DPI 57:39 - Enabling the system tray 59:40 - Chat Questions 1:02:09 - Debugging EXWM startup issues 1:04:59 - What we'll cover next time 1:06:30 - Outro

Check out the configuration from this stream here: https://github.com/daviwil/emacs-from-scratch/blob/219c060e1bd695948c7691955a12a5dcaf3a9530/Emacs.org#window-management

The show notes can be found here: https://github.com/daviwil/emacs-from-scratch/blob/219c060e1bd695948c7691955a12a5dcaf3a9530/show-notes/Emacs-Desktop-01.org

My Emacs configuration: https://github.com/daviwil/dotfiles/blob/master/Emacs.org

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