I'm new to emacs. (1) Do emacs user usually run Emacs in

You won't need to ask questions if you install Visual Studio.

>Any recommendations?
Don't waste your time on vanilla, use spacemacs.

>>61603930
(1)

alias emacs="emacs -nw"

(2)
Most stuff is pretty basic. It's just a lisp program that it runs. Some plugins provide you (or even add to it automatically) new things. You might want to be more specific.
(3)
Honestly just google these and try to find plugins that you like. (For stuff like C, C++, and bash there might even be some stuff built in for it)

>>61603930
The 80s called, they want their text editor back.

>>61604225
I don't care about vim, they can have it.

>>61603930
>(1) Do emacs user usually run Emacs in a detached windows as it is by default or do they do emacs -nw every time they edit a file?
Run emacs in gui mode, and do everything possible in it, from using the shell to browsing the web

>(3) I mainly edit files written in C++, C, bash scripts, pyhon and some other config files when I feel like a ricer. Any recommendations?
for C/C++, irony, rtags, flycheck and company are essential.

>>61603930
Read Mastering Emacs by Mickey Petersen

>>61604149
I'd rather learn the basics mechanism of Emacs before jumping on something fancier.
>>61604200
Is the alias a "common thing" or is it just because I mentioned not opening emacs in a detached window?
>>61604247 and >>61604313
Thanks for the recommendations

Emacs want you to run GUI version and run terminal inside it, regardless of how broken crap the terminal implementation there is. Vim expects opposite - lots of turning on and closing in terminal. If you dislike typing emacs -nw every time, make alias.

Emacs take one of ~/.emacs, ~/.emacs.el and ~/.emacs.d/init.el as init config file, not sure about order priority. You can either have everything in ~/.emacs.d directory and track it with git for example (some gitignore required since many files there are generated as you download packages etc.); or easy mode have single ~/.emacs file and never edit ~/.emacs.d manually.

Look at package `use-package`, it can make the config file much cleaner. I had hard times finding some overview what all its options do, so there is my cheatsheet: https://pastebin.com/F6W0nbBy

And use MELPA repository.

Some sample minimal config file: https://pastebin.com/1HsXQW9s

>>61604335
>Is the alias a "common thing" or is it just because I mentioned not opening emacs in a detached window?
Personally I think the gui is kind of like a crutch. The gui is essentially emacs + a menu at the top of stuff you could just do without taking your hands off the keyboard.

>>61603930
I usually have one graphical Emacs open where I read my mail, follow RSS feeds and do most of my writing and programming and stuff. When I need to edit system files I do "sudo emacs -nw file" from the terminal and close that instance when I'm done.