There’s a JUXT Safari video featuring Ellis Kenyo on the state of Doom Emacs. It’s not really an introduction to Doom but, rather, a status report on where Doom is now and what new things are being worked on.
I’m a complete innocent as far as Doom is concerned. I’ve never tried it and the main thing I know about it is that it has a large and dedicated userbase. Even so, the video was informative and gave a reasonable summary of what the project is about and how things works. One sort of un-Emacsy thing about the package is that certain administrative functions are performed outside Emacs. That, of course, is an anathema to us hardcore “everything in Emacs” fanatics but, again, I have no experience with it so I don’t know what it’s really like.
As a side issue, the Minions are insisting that I point out Kenyo’s Emacs theme is a prime example of everything that’s wrong with dark themes. It features the horrible and unreadable dark gray and dark blue on black that I described in a recent Red Meat Friday post. It’s too bad because, at least for my aging eyes, it makes it impossible to read the examples and configuration that Kenyo offered.
Regardless, the video is interesting and useful. It runs for 31 minutes, 25 seconds so you’ll need to set aside some time.