I've been a long time emacs user and switched to vscode recently. Seriously, vscode is so much easier to configure and use.
EmacsConf 2020 Talks
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Re: EmacsConf 2020 Talks
#32The talk by Sid Kasuvajhula is an absolutely fascinating presentation about extremely flexible object-oriented interfaces, organized in a multi-hierarchial manner -- so very nicely exploiting the compositional structure inherent in the content we operate on.
Epistemic mode, A scalable UI paradigm https://emacsconf.org/2020/talks/07/
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#33Q. Would you mind sharing your Emacs configuration files? Richard Stallman: Configuration files are personal and will not be shared. This cracked me up! xD
I simply separate user/machine specific things into separate files, and don’t commit them to public repository (https://github.com/alexott/emacs-configs - it wasn’t updated for a long time, and it needs to be rewritten to modern stuff - first line was written 25 years ago)... But this may allow sharing, and even contributions...
Re: EmacsConf 2020 Talks
#34I would like to use emacs and org mode to organise my life. But I think without it being useful on mobile phone, for me is a no go. I will keep using Google calendar for now.
you can use it on your phone. I stored my org files in dropbox, and used Orgzly[0] to do the same in the phone.
[0] https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.orgzly
Re: EmacsConf 2020 Talks
#35I would like to use emacs and org mode to organise my life. But I think without it being useful on mobile phone, for me is a no go. I will keep using Google calendar for now.
I use Orgzly for my phone.
Re: EmacsConf 2020 Talks
#36> State of Retro Gaming in Emacs
I love to see that there is still room for fun in our field.
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#37I've been a long time emacs user and switched to vscode recently. Seriously, vscode is so much easier to configure and use.
Well thats the thing with Emacs, its an extremely good Tool: Editor, browser, file manager, git frontend, notes, calendar, etc.. etc... you call it! but its also extremely old and outdated tool.
I used Emacs for years and one day i realized i had a huge .emacs file and spend lots of time maintaining it, that's when i was conviced it was not the editor for me or I was using it wrong. I moved to sublime, vscode and now im giving vim/neovim a try.
As much as i liked Emacs i dont see myself using it again soon.
Re: EmacsConf 2020 Talks
#38I would like to use emacs and org mode to organise my life. But I think without it being useful on mobile phone, for me is a no go. I will keep using Google calendar for now.
You can install Termux on Android devices and use Emacs there. I use it on more or less read only on the smartphone and actively on a tablet. Both rsync with my desktop from inside Termux.
And Orgzly has already been mentioned.
Re: EmacsConf 2020 Talks
#39The talk by Sid Kasuvajhula is an absolutely fascinating presentation about extremely flexible object-oriented interfaces, organized in a multi-hierarchial manner -- so very nicely exploiting the compositional structure inherent in the content we operate on. Epistemic mode, A scalable UI paradigm https://emacsconf.org/2020/talks/07/
Thanks for the pointer, it was very interesting! Not sure I've come across anything like this before.
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#40It's great to see there were new Emacs users and developers coming on board, judging by the age of some of the presenters. Emacs has been proclaimed dead many times, I think it has long future ahead of itself. Yes its aged, and dated. But also very powerful. And cools things can still happen (gccemacs as an example).