GNU Emacs Video Editing
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GNU Emacs Video Editing
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Re: GNU Emacs Video Editing
#2And this is why I use emacs. The fact that it is even possible to write a video editor that runs in it means that I will be able to edit files as I please, as efficiently as I please.
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#4I find it painful to be smart enough to come up with ideas like this independently but not enough smart/knowledgeable to implement it without being preempted by a few or several years by another project.
Will I ever reach a level of proficiency where I'm content with my skillset, and would that even be desirable?
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#5Simply amazing. Do similar plugins for any of the more modern, popular IDEs currently exist that can do this? Just curious but I highly doubt it.
Not to make generalizations, but it does demonstrate the difference between the user base of Emacs versus the users for most other popular IDEs in that they have both the determination and the skills to make this possible.
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#6I find it painful to be smart enough to come up with ideas like this independently but not enough smart/knowledgeable to implement it without being preempted by a few or several years by another project. Will I ever reach a level of proficiency where I'm content with my skillset, and would that even be desirable?
I don't think that being content with your skillset is desirable.
Being competent with your skillset is, being content with what you are able to accomplish with your skillset is, but not being content with it - at least not in the areas of software for the foreseeable future.
Re: GNU Emacs Video Editing
#7I find it painful to be smart enough to come up with ideas like this independently but not enough smart/knowledgeable to implement it without being preempted by a few or several years by another project. Will I ever reach a level of proficiency where I'm content with my skillset, and would that even be desirable?
did you look at the source? it's like 200 lines. basically key shortcuts to mplayer operations. you could have done it in a couple of days (less if you know elisp). but my point is that everything starts small. so just start ;)
incidentally for truly impressive emacs packages check out: gnus, erc, slime, org-mode, tramp, magit, ido, paredit, nxhtml, yasnippet.
Re: GNU Emacs Video Editing
#8I find it painful to be smart enough to come up with ideas like this independently but not enough smart/knowledgeable to implement it without being preempted by a few or several years by another project. Will I ever reach a level of proficiency where I'm content with my skillset, and would that even be desirable?
did you look at the source? it's like 200 lines. basically key shortcuts to mplayer operations. you could have done it in a couple of days (less if you know elisp). but my point is that everything starts small. so just start ;) incidentally for truly impressive emacs packages check out: gnus, erc, slime, org-mode, tramp, magit, ido, paredit, nxhtml, yasnippet.
Agreed. I'd probably reverse Hexstream's comment in that I find it much harder to think up good ideas than actually implementing them.
It just never would have occurred to me to use Emacs as a video editor (my brain has been conditioned to think of it strictly as a text editor). If that idea had popped in my head then implementing it, relatively speaking, would probably have been less of a challenge than coming up with the actual idea in the first place which requires overcoming my preconceived notions.
In this instance, the idea is far more impressive than the actual code. This demonstrates innovation beyond technical prowess because it added a new way of doing something to a familiar software tool that most people would never have thought of.
Re: GNU Emacs Video Editing
#9I find it painful to be smart enough to come up with ideas like this independently but not enough smart/knowledgeable to implement it without being preempted by a few or several years by another project. Will I ever reach a level of proficiency where I'm content with my skillset, and would that even be desirable?
did you look at the source? it's like 200 lines. basically key shortcuts to mplayer operations. you could have done it in a couple of days (less if you know elisp). but my point is that everything starts small. so just start ;) incidentally for truly impressive emacs packages check out: gnus, erc, slime, org-mode, tramp, magit, ido, paredit, nxhtml, yasnippet.
Oh wow. I just looked at the source. It's incredible what you can do sometimes with just a bit of integration!
Re: GNU Emacs Video Editing
#10This is so awesome.
I want one for VIM.