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> Stock Spacemacs is like a fully-tricked out Vim configuration, made by and for "plugin" junkies.

That is a fantastic description of Spacemacs

Sincere question: if I already have a vim setup with all the plugins I like, and I switch to evil mode so everything more or less works as I had it, what does emacs open the door to that I couldn’t do before? Org mode I imagine is one piece. Is there anything else I should look at if I try it?

There are a few IMHO: magit [1] is a nice piece for Git. And there's vterm, if you wish to use a (usable) term or tmux/screen without leaving the editor, tramp mode [2] for remote files and last but not least ergoemacs [3] if you prefer the CUA style for generic commands (and reduce RSI). Oh, and forgot to mention helm [4] too...

[1] https://magit.vc

[2] https://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/TrampMode

[3] https://ergoemacs.github.io/

[4] https://github.com/emacs-helm/helm

I'm all set up with spacemacs and trying these out, thanks so much for the tips! So far so good.

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