{pkgs, ...}: {
  programs.emacs = {
    enable = true;
    package = pkgs.emacs29-gtk3;
    extraConfig = ''
      (menu-bar-mode -1)
      (tool-bar-mode -1)
      (scroll-bar-mode -1)
      (blink-cursor-mode 0)

      ;; scale headings in org-mode
      (setq zenburn-scale-org-headlines t)

      ;; scale headings in outline-mode
      (setq zenburn-scale-outline-headlines t)
      (load-theme 'zenburn :no-confirm)

      (add-to-list 'default-frame-alist
             '(font . "Comic Mono-13"))

      (global-set-key (kbd "C-c a") #'org-agenda)
      (global-set-key (kbd "C-c f") #'recentf-open)
      (global-hl-line-mode 1)

      (require 'evil)
      (evil-mode 1)
      (define-key evil-normal-state-map (kbd "j") 'next-line)
      (define-key evil-normal-state-map (kbd "k") 'previous-line)

      (require 'evil-org)
      (add-hook 'org-mode-hook 'evil-org-mode)
      (evil-org-set-key-theme '(textobjects insert navigation additional shift todo heading))
      (require 'evil-org-agenda)
      (evil-org-agenda-set-keys)

      (global-visual-line-mode 1)

      (require 'smooth-scrolling)
      (smooth-scrolling-mode 1)

      (setq org-startup-with-inline-images 1)
      (setq org-startup-indented 1)

      (global-display-line-numbers-mode 1)
      (setq display-line-numbers-type 'visual)

      (require 'org-download)

      ;; Drag-and-drop to `dired`
      (add-hook 'dired-mode-hook 'org-download-enable)

      (setq org-image-actual-width nil)
    ''; # TODO move plugin setup into a seperate file to keep things organized
    # also add autoloading so emacs starts faster
    extraPackages = epkgs:
      with epkgs; [
        zenburn-theme
        color-theme-tangotango
        evil
        evil-org
        org-download
        smooth-scrolling
      ];
  };
}