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Re: Use GNU Emacs

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Post by kqr »

The Ingebrigtsen quote is meaningful. One should think of "using Emacs" not like "using Vim" but like "using the JVM."

Emacs is a powerful platform for building hackable, command-and-ui driven applications. You may not like the text editor that ships with a default Emacs install, but you don't have to use it! There are others (e.g. evil.)

There are also other applications. Some of my favourites are

- calc (desktop RPN calculator with advanced functionality)

- magit (context-aware git UI that interacts seamlessly with the git command line)

- sunrise commander (orthodox file manager that thanks to TRAMP can visit remote filesystems as if they were local)

- ediff (diff reconciliation between files)

and my train is coming now so this is where the list stops but it could go on for a long time.

Re: Use GNU Emacs

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Post by b0afc375b5 »

kqr wrote: post #3

The Ingebrigtsen quote is meaningful. One should think of "using Emacs" not like "using Vim" but like "using the JVM." Emacs is a powerful platform for building hackable, command-and-ui driven applications. You may not like the text editor that ships with a default Emacs install, but you don't have to use it! There are others (e.g. evil.) There are also other applications. Some of my favourites are - calc (desktop RP…

One other notable application is gud (realgud?), although for some reason I'm having a hard time getting used to it. Must be my vim bindings.

Re: Use GNU Emacs

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Post by zvmaz »

I abandoned Emacs for a couple of years and tried various "modern" tools (VS Code, Logseq, etc.). The "out of the box" experience never felt comfortable to me. Yes, Emacs can be a hassle to configure, but I can't help going back to it. I now use Emacs again with Meow mode, and my old configuration. I guess I'll use it for the decades to come...
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