Use an alias to open Emacs inside the console. We will use the Emacs-Client to connect to a Emacs server for faster startup. References: https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/Invoking— emacsclient.html#Invoking— emacsclient Remove not needed Docker containers. For example: docker_rm_search Exited Use notify-send to inform the user when maven is done. References: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Desktop_notifications Enable automatic spelling for Emacs. Reference: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/15891808/how— to— enable— automatic— spell— check— by— default