Absolute Beginner's Guide to Emacs (2012)
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Absolute Beginner's Guide to Emacs (2012)
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Re: Absolute Beginner's Guide to Emacs (2012)
#2I started using Emacs a few months ago and I love it.
I think I'd struggle day to day now without Org Mode. I love how easily I can switch from something in Org Mode to something like a Clojure REPL, then to a Powershell window and to a text editor.
If I can just get it doing C# editing / compiling I'd be very happy.
Re: Absolute Beginner's Guide to Emacs (2012)
#3At some point I realised maintaining my own Emacs setup was just too much work. I've used a few Emacs setups (Prelude and Spacemacs are the ones I used for the longest) and now I use Doom: https://github.com/hlissner/doom-emacs It's very fast and has a lot of built-in in niceties, and I find it easier to understand than Spacemacs.
If you use Doom make sure to use the develop branch.
Re: Absolute Beginner's Guide to Emacs (2012)
#4I really feel VSCode is lining up to be the new goto IDE across multiple languages.
Slightly less (directly) extensible than Emacs but still feels it can do pretty much everything that needs doing, plus way nicer & friendlier default UI.
Re: Absolute Beginner's Guide to Emacs (2012)
#5I started using Emacs a few months ago and I love it. I think I'd struggle day to day now without Org Mode. I love how easily I can switch from something in Org Mode to something like a Clojure REPL, then to a Powershell window and to a text editor. If I can just get it doing C# editing / compiling I'd be very happy.
I started working in a .NET shop a few months ago and have finally sorta-kinda gotten my Emacs configured the way I want to in terms of C#. If there are any specifics you need help with, shoot me an email or something!
Re: Absolute Beginner's Guide to Emacs (2012)
#6I really feel VSCode is lining up to be the new goto IDE across multiple languages. Slightly less (directly) extensible than Emacs but still feels it can do pretty much everything that needs doing, plus way nicer & friendlier default UI.
VSCode is the first editor I've seen that has made me think maybe I'll move away from Emacs at some point.
I think a fully tooled-up Emacs setup in the hands of an experienced user is still faster and more powerful but I do wonder if Emacs will be able to develop fast enough to keep up with the cutting edge.
Re: Absolute Beginner's Guide to Emacs (2012)
#7I really feel VSCode is lining up to be the new goto IDE across multiple languages. Slightly less (directly) extensible than Emacs but still feels it can do pretty much everything that needs doing, plus way nicer & friendlier default UI.
I would say that IntelliSense is the differentiating magic of VS Code. Otherwise it's just an awesome editor.
Re: Absolute Beginner's Guide to Emacs (2012)
#8I really feel VSCode is lining up to be the new goto IDE across multiple languages. Slightly less (directly) extensible than Emacs but still feels it can do pretty much everything that needs doing, plus way nicer & friendlier default UI.
VSCode is the first editor I've seen that has made me think maybe I'll move away from Emacs at some point. I think a fully tooled-up Emacs setup in the hands of an experienced user is still faster and more powerful but I do wonder if Emacs will be able to develop fast enough to keep up with the cutting edge.
As an Emacs user I'm mostly "afraid" of VSCode getting so popular that people will make cool tools targeting VSCode only. Like, it'll become the Chrome of text editors.
Re: Absolute Beginner's Guide to Emacs (2012)
#9I really feel VSCode is lining up to be the new goto IDE across multiple languages. Slightly less (directly) extensible than Emacs but still feels it can do pretty much everything that needs doing, plus way nicer & friendlier default UI.
VSCode is the first editor I've seen that has made me think maybe I'll move away from Emacs at some point. I think a fully tooled-up Emacs setup in the hands of an experienced user is still faster and more powerful but I do wonder if Emacs will be able to develop fast enough to keep up with the cutting edge.
With support for language server protocol we can have the best of both worlds.
Re: Absolute Beginner's Guide to Emacs (2012)
#10I really feel VSCode is lining up to be the new goto IDE across multiple languages. Slightly less (directly) extensible than Emacs but still feels it can do pretty much everything that needs doing, plus way nicer & friendlier default UI.
RIP battery though.