#+TITLE: spacemacs-bootstrap distribution
* Table of Contents :TOC_4_gh:noexport:
- [[#description][Description]]
- [[#features][Features:]]
* Description
This layer loads the necessary packages for spacemacs to start-up.
** Features:
- Loads =evil= key bindings and macros for auto-evilifcation of maps
- Loads =holy= and =hybrid= modes
- Loads the official Spacemacs theme
- Loads =use-package= which is used to load other packages more easily
- Loads =hydra= which is used to create transient modes
- Loads =which-key= which is used to show keybindings in other modes
- Loads =async= which is used to run background processes
- Loads =bind-map= and =bind-key= which are used to realise various
spacemacs specific keybinding commands