A minimal emacs configuration using evil mode and NO use-package

init.el

;;; Startup
;;; PACKAGE LIST
(setq package-archives 
      '(("melpa" . "https://melpa.org/packages/")
        ("elpa" . "https://elpa.gnu.org/packages/")))

;;; BOOTSTRAP USE-PACKAGE
(package-initialize)

;; This can be commented out if you don't want the package repos
;; to refresh every time you open emacs
(package-refresh-contents)

;;; UNDO
;; Vim style undo not needed for emacs 28
(unless (package-installed-p 'undo-fu)
  (package-install 'undo-fu))

;;; Vim Bindings
(unless (package-installed-p 'evil)
  (package-install 'evil))
(define-key global-map (kbd "<escape>") #'keyboard-escape-quit)
;; to work properly with evil-collection
(setq evil-want-keybinding nil)
;; no vim insert bindings
(setq evil-undo-system 'undo-fu)
(evil-mode 1)

;;; Vim Bindings Everywhere else
(unless (package-installed-p 'evil-collection)
  (package-install 'evil-collection))
(setq evil-want-integration t)
(evil-collection-init)