Aquamacs on OSX for Ruby on Rails Development? Yep, we’re going Emacs status.

Post by [deleted] » Wed, Dec 17, 2008, 12:59 AM UTC

bdotdub wrote: post #9

YuriNiyazov wrote: post #7

Before I get flamed out of existence - I use a Mac, and I use TextMate, and I use Emacs. With that disclaimer out of the way - This guy bought a whole different platform just so that he could run a different text editor? This feels like putting the wrong cart in front of the wrong horse.

Agreed. It also seems like he's switching editors for similarly misled reasons. Sure, trying it out because everyone seems to be switching is fine, and if you like it better sure, stick with it. But to switch editors "just because everyone else is doing it" seems uninformed and very "me too me too!"

Post by 1gor » Wed, Dec 17, 2008, 1:32 AM UTC

bprater wrote: post #13

I'm willing to pay good money for a three-hour video on using Emacs for Rails.

Post by newt0311 » Fri, Dec 19, 2008, 12:31 AM UTC

gecko wrote: post #15

newt0311 wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Agreed. On my gentoo systems, I just compile emcs without X support. Makes life easy. Also, one critical skill when using emacs is learning to modify the .emacs.el file as time goes on. Over the years, the little things I accumulated in this file make using emacs a much more pleasant experience.

Rather than use .emacs, use .emacs.d/init.el. Put any extra modes or Emacs apps there, too. Then throw your whole .emacs.d under version control. Finally, stick it on http://bitbucket.org/ or similar. Now you can easily lug your whole Emacs configuration around.