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Re: EmacsConf 2020 Talks

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Post by ywei3410 »

zarkov99 wrote: post #48
jrockway wrote: post #43

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

Yes - in general both eglot and LSP are pretty much "out of the box". The biggest factor though, is entirely dependent on how good the various server implementations are.

Having used it in quite a few different languages now it varies greatly; but you can hardly blame Emacs for that.

Re: EmacsConf 2020 Talks

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Post by Pumafied »

Wildgoose wrote: post #46
jcynix wrote: post #38

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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!

Oh my word that device is awesome thanks for this comment!! I know what I’m going to be picking up in the future

Re: EmacsConf 2020 Talks

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Post by stephen_cagle »

Peaked by "Your life in plain text" -> https://emacsconf.org/2020/talks/09/ I ordered and in the last week watched his udemy class on the same -> https://www.udemy.com/course/getting-yourself-organized-with... . I enjoyed jump starting my org-mode journey and consider it money well spent.

Re: EmacsConf 2020 Talks

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Post by Blackthorn »

"Extend Emacs to Modern GUI Applications with EAF"

I hadn't heard of this one before, and it's hugely interesting. A shame that it can't ever make it into core because of licensing issues.

Similarly I'd love it if it was more possible to embed Emacs into other applications, like IDEs. That way IDEs could focus on what they do well, and still have a good text editor.

Re: EmacsConf 2020 Talks

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Post by PaulDavisThe1st »

lmedinas wrote: post #37
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.

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…

Well thats the thing with my table saw, its an extremely good Tool; ripping, cross cutting, router table, many different materials, coving cuts etc. etc. you call it! but its also extremely old and outdated tool.

I used my table saw for years and one day realized I had accumulated a lot of very detail knowledge of how to use it and spend lots of time maintaining it, thats when i was convined it was not the tool for me or I was using it wrong. I moved to a hand-held jigsaw, then a crosscut saw, and now im giving a handsaw a try.

As much as I liked my table saw, i dont see myself using it again soon.

Re: EmacsConf 2020 Talks

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Post by omaranto »

stephen_cagle wrote: post #53

Peaked by "Your life in plain text" -> https://emacsconf.org/2020/talks/09/ I ordered and in the last week watched his udemy class on the same -> https://www.udemy.com/course/getting-yourself-organized-with... . I enjoyed jump starting my org-mode journey and consider it money well spent.

You probably mean "piqued" instead of "peaked", and also probably don't mean you were "piqued", but rather that your curiosity was.

Re: EmacsConf 2020 Talks

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Post by na85 »

rasengan0 wrote: post #26

Big fan of Sacha Chua: much to learn by way of emacs, productivity and org life https://sachachua.com/blog/emacs/

I've been dabbling with emacs for a number of years now, and I felt that my init/config file was pretty hefty at (currently an all-time high of) 186 lines. Then a few years ago I encountered Sacha's and my mouth literally dropped. I've always wanted to ask, and here's as good a place as any. Is her config an outlier in its size and breadth? I feel like it almost has to be.

Re: EmacsConf 2020 Talks

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Post by yewenjie »

ssivark wrote: post #32

The 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/

Wow. This is so cool. Sometimes you come across concepts that makes total sense once you know it, but then keep asking yourself why wasn't it discovered way before. This a great example of that.

Re: EmacsConf 2020 Talks

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Post by kgwxd »

omaranto wrote: post #56
stephen_cagle wrote: post #53

Peaked by "Your life in plain text" -> https://emacsconf.org/2020/talks/09/ I ordered and in the last week watched his udemy class on the same -> https://www.udemy.com/course/getting-yourself-organized-with... . I enjoyed jump starting my org-mode journey and consider it money well spent.

You probably mean "piqued" instead of "peaked", and also probably don't mean you were "piqued", but rather that your curiosity was.

Maybe you underestimate just how hot "Your life in plain text" is.

Re: EmacsConf 2020 Talks

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Post by stephen_cagle »

omaranto wrote: post #56
stephen_cagle wrote: post #53

Peaked by "Your life in plain text" -> https://emacsconf.org/2020/talks/09/ I ordered and in the last week watched his udemy class on the same -> https://www.udemy.com/course/getting-yourself-organized-with... . I enjoyed jump starting my org-mode journey and consider it money well spent.

You probably mean "piqued" instead of "peaked", and also probably don't mean you were "piqued", but rather that your curiosity was.

This comment is peak piqued'ness.
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