zero to common-lisp and emacs: the steps

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## The short terse steps

- install emacs via your native package manager
- install sbcl
- install quicklisp
- install slime-helper
- set a theme: (load-theme 'modus-vivendi-deuteranopia t)
- configure your packages if any

## Check yourself

```
M-: user-init-file       -->  ~/.emacs
M-: package-archives     --> includes melpa
M-x package-install paxedit --> works
```

## Resources

- https://www.quicklisp.org/beta/
- https://lisp-lang.org/learn/getting-started/
- https://sourabhbajaj.com/mac-setup/Emacs/
- https://github.com/purcell/emacs.d
- https://www.reddit.com/r/lisp/comments/1rpm4xl/comment/oaj8l2l/?context=1 (if lisp were an onion)

## Don'ts

- don't use .emacs and a .emacs.d/init.el !!! the .emacs will load and the other will not
- don't turn on a lot of packages at the same time until you have worked out the configurations.  The mixing and matching may be like pharma drugs
- don't install your road into lisp via multiple different ways in the same environment