I suppose to rescue it you can grab a portable Python release and use that to emerge a proper one, another option would be booting into a live environment. And to cause this, --unmerge and --rage-clean are your friends. No idea how you’d do that “accidentally”, though.

It’s been greatly improved over the last two years. If you are actually interested in setting it all up, I highly recommend checking out the LVRA Wiki. There are Discord and Matix links there if you need any help.

@Emi@ani.social

If you want a modal editor, you can also give Helix a try. Many people find it easier to use if you are coming in with no prior modal editor experience.

What formats are we talking about, exactly?