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Asked: 2026-05-13T10:07:09+00:00

I was learning Vim and now I’m experimenting with Emacs. In Vim, for instance,

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I was learning Vim and now I’m experimenting with Emacs. In Vim, for instance, I could hide the toolbar by adding a “set” command in the _vimrc file.

How is the customization approach in Emacs, for instance, if I want to hide the toolbar?

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    Emacs is customised using scripts written in it’s own variant of the lisp programming language called elisp.

    The usual way emacs power users make customisations is to write snippets that will achieve the desired effect and in a .emacs file situated in their home areas. This file gets loaded up when emacs starts (similar to the .vimrc file for vim).

    Hiding the tool bar for example is accomplished using 

    (tool-bar-mode nil)

    In your .emacs

    I’d recommend that you first go through the manual and then if you’re feeling curious the emacs lisp tutorial.

    Alternatively, if you’re not comfortable editing elisp, you can use the inbuilt customisation system. You can launch it using M-x customize RET (RET is “hit enter” in emacs speak and M-x is done by holding down (normally) the alt key and hitting x).

    The customisation interface allows you to use select the features you want to enable disable (although the sheer number of these can get overwhelming) and ‘save’ the settings (which just writes out elisp code for the settings you selected into your .emacs file).

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