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Re: EmacsConf 2020 Talks

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Post by Spinnaker_ » Sun, Dec 06, 2020, 10:35 PM UTC

posharma wrote: post #31

I've been a long time emacs user and switched to vscode recently. Seriously, vscode is so much easier to configure and use.

I used vscode since 2015 and have now switched to emacs. Yes, vscode is easier to configure and use right away, but that's not always a good thing. I was fully dependent on so much tooling which I didn't understand in the slightest. When you're cranking out react apps that's probably fine.

With emacs I actually need to read documentation. I need to have some sort of understanding of what I'm actually installing. It's frustrating at first, but overall has made me much more aware of what's going on. I've learned so much throughout the process and it has made me a better developer.

Re: EmacsConf 2020 Talks

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Post by JohnL4 » Sun, Dec 06, 2020, 10:36 PM UTC

posharma wrote: post #31

I've been a long time emacs user and switched to vscode recently. Seriously, vscode is so much easier to configure and use.

I'm a heavy org-mode user. I'll also pop into emacs for comment formatting, macro-running, and the occasional column-based copy/paste. Plus an auto-numbering function I wrote when I wore a younger man's clothes. Plus a colorful highlight mode (which I wrote) + htmlize for sharing said highlights, also from my callow youth.

Other than that, yeah, 100% VS Code for typescript and regular VS + ReSharper for my regular life.

Oh, also, emacs for Haskell. And whatever other weird language.

Re: EmacsConf 2020 Talks

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Post by jrockway » Sun, Dec 06, 2020, 10:38 PM UTC

nahuel0x wrote: post #3

No talk on lsp-mode / eglot?

What's there to talk about? You install it and suddenly you have the same programming language features that everyone else does, but in an editor that can actually manipulate text.

Re: EmacsConf 2020 Talks

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Post by zascrash » Sun, Dec 06, 2020, 10:56 PM UTC

nunodonato wrote: post #34

zascrash wrote: post #28

I 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

I will check that. I appreciate everyone for their replies. Is there anything like that for iPhone?

Re: EmacsConf 2020 Talks

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Post by oblio » Sun, Dec 06, 2020, 10:59 PM UTC

jsilence wrote: post #18

downrightmike wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Wow, send a bill to the company and ask them to renew their site license for the emacs config. Or opensource what you can of it and remove the competitive advantage they have.

That one day when my emacs config is gonna give anyone a competitive advantage, Sasquatch is gonna get caught on camera grooming a unicorn.

Well, it could be a competitive advantage for your own company, if you share it with competitors.

We all know that configurable editors are a huge time sink ;-)

Re: EmacsConf 2020 Talks

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Post by Wildgoose » Sun, Dec 06, 2020, 11:01 PM UTC

jcynix wrote: post #38

zascrash wrote: post #28

I 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.

I do this on a Gemini PDA-phone with an integrated keyboard. It's great!

Re: EmacsConf 2020 Talks

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Post by Siira » Sun, Dec 06, 2020, 11:09 PM UTC

posharma wrote: post #31

I've been a long time emacs user and switched to vscode recently. Seriously, vscode is so much easier to configure and use.

VSCode is also a lot weaker in general text editing and extensibility, and doesn’t have a TUI. (I use both extensively.)

Re: EmacsConf 2020 Talks

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Post by zarkov99 » Sun, Dec 06, 2020, 11:41 PM UTC

jrockway wrote: post #43

nahuel0x wrote: post #3

No talk on lsp-mode / eglot?

What's there to talk about? You install it and suddenly you have the same programming language features that everyone else does, but in an editor that can actually manipulate text.

Do you really? I have been trying to get it to run properly for years for c++ and I found it buggy to the point of uselessness.

Re: EmacsConf 2020 Talks

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Post by opan » Sun, Dec 06, 2020, 11:53 PM UTC

zascrash wrote: post #44

nunodonato wrote: post #34

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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

I will check that. I appreciate everyone for their replies. Is there anything like that for iPhone?

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/beorg-to-do-list-agenda/id1238...

Re: EmacsConf 2020 Talks

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Post by Globz » Mon, Dec 07, 2020, 12:49 AM UTC

zascrash wrote: post #44

nunodonato wrote: post #34

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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

I will check that. I appreciate everyone for their replies. Is there anything like that for iPhone?

yes for iOS, I suggest you take a look at beorg, it is quite nice for quick editing and note taking. Of course the real magic truely happens when org is paired with Emacs but the app is quite useful for basic tasks.