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I'm on windows 8, x64, running GNU Emacs 25.2.1 (x86_64-w64-mingw32).

1. I had to add (prefer-coding-system 'utf-8) to get rid of a package installer error, and

2. remove (add-to-list 'package-archives '("melpa-stable" . "http://stable.melpa.org/packages/")) to fix some dependency on async 1.9.2.

3. Also, the Windows key and arrows are intercepted by the operating system for rearranging windows, which is quite useful on Windows.

Great work by the way! I was working on something like this myself, because I didn't want to relearn all the shortcuts I've been using all my life. I'd given up in frustration when I found out emacs keeps the cursor on screen when you scroll (thus losing the mark if it was selected with a mouse), but then I stumbled on this.

I think it could be improved even more by getting proportional fonts working with everything (tags, indents, etc). A few other things would be

• defaulting to hiding emphasis markers and adding normal shortcuts for them (ctrl-b, ctrl-i, ctrl-t, etc)
• turning on indent mode
• 12-hour dates (possible without messing up changing them with arrow keys?)
• adding something about the logbook and automatic timestamps
• tabs or an open file pane like in browsers and other editors
• something like neotree for file browsing in an immediately familiar way
• setting variables for any user directories
• ctrl-mwheel-up/down for zooming in/out, in addition to the already existing ctrl +/-/0
• and binding ctrl-y to redo, in addition to c-s-z.

Also curious why both ivy and helm? I'm not that familiar with emacs, but I thought they were mostly the same.

Anyway, I'll probably add some of this stuff myself over the next few days. I'll make a pull request in case you want to add them.