I started Emacs, Paredit and Clojure all at the same time. What helped me the most was Chapter 2 from _Clojure For The Brave and True_ (https://www.braveclojure.com/basic-emacs/). Knowing that the learning curve would be steep with emacs I cut myself a lot of slack.
I've since switched from Clojure to CL but kept the elisp scripts from CFBT replacing Cider with Slime.
I always thought Vim got out of my way as far as text editors go but Emacs really gets out of my way.
As with most things I do I learn just enough to do what it is I want to do. I don't go searching for new things until it becomes painfully obvious that a new way needs to be found.
With that said I've barely touched the surface for the power of emacs, paredit and slime.
I've since switched from Clojure to CL but kept the elisp scripts from CFBT replacing Cider with Slime.
I always thought Vim got out of my way as far as text editors go but Emacs really gets out of my way.
As with most things I do I learn just enough to do what it is I want to do. I don't go searching for new things until it becomes painfully obvious that a new way needs to be found.
With that said I've barely touched the surface for the power of emacs, paredit and slime.