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Interesting/Underrated/Unused Vanilla Emacs Features

There is a lot of stuff packed into the Emacs distribution. I come from many years of Vim. From this perspective, Emacs definitely has a lot going for it. I'm exploring how can I use Emacs without going to third-party packages. So far I've got this:

(setq completion-styles '(basic flex))
(setq completion-ignore-case t)

(menu-bar-mode -1)
(scroll-bar-mode -1)
(tool-bar-mode -1)
(column-number-mode 1)
(line-number-mode 1)

(which-key-mode 1)
(global-completion-preview-mode 1)
(icomplete-vertical-mode 1)


It gives me flexible auto-completion and help when I need it. Like many, I'm primarily using it to write and code. What other interesting built-in features are there in Emacs?


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