As of 17 Jul 2021, V2 has been released. Both MELPA and MELPA-Stable have this version of Org-roam. It will be markedly different from v1 for both its initial setup and daily usage. At the moment, most of the content of guide will only be applicable to v1 for Org-roam and its related packages such as Org-roam-bibtex.
I am gradually revising this guide in its entirety for v2.
So far the following chapters have been updated:
The the latest version of this guide compatible for v1 is available in the v1 branch of this repositry.
I took the liberty of creating a step-by-step guide for people new to Emacs. I have written this with Windows users with no Linux or programming background in mind, zero about Emacs.
The guide aims to get you going real quick, starting with downloading Emacs with vanilla configuration (no Doom, no Spacemacs).
I won't repeat why you might like to use Emacs or plain text to write. Here is what I think is the best response to the question: "The Plain Person’s Guide to Plain Text Social Science" by Kieran Healy of Duke University.
At the end of step-by-step guide of Part 1, your Emacs will look like this.
[ Image to be inserted after writing up Part 1]
The audience I have had in mind are:
Even if you are already down the path of using a framework like Doom, I hope stepping back a little and actually finishing configuration from scratch will help you understand how things fit together – it’s a bit like DIY making stuff; completing one thing from start to finish seems to help you leap to the next level of understanding and confidence for some reason.
This work is licensed under a CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for source code and documentation excerpts from Emacs and Org-roam project.