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Re: GNU Emacs Video Editing

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Post by sgharms »

I daresay this may be one of the big e/vi war points.

“Great application for emacs! Emacs rules!”

Vim user: Why the hell would you want to use an /editor/ to edit video? Use iMovie or something. If you want to edit TEXT then lets talk emacs v. vi.

Re: GNU Emacs Video Editing

#13

Post by henning »

rayvega wrote: post #5

Simply 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.

well, the eclipse and netbeans platforms have been used to create all kinds of applications that have nothing to do with software development.

Re: GNU Emacs Video Editing

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Post by jamongkad »

sgharms wrote: post #12

I daresay this may be one of the big e /vi war points. “Great application for emacs! Emacs rules!” Vim user: Why the hell would you want to use an /editor/ to edit video? Use iMovie or something. If you want to edit TEXT then lets talk emacs v. vi.

Oh I agree with you. Use the best tool for the job I say. But man I'm blown away by the OP's example.

Re: GNU Emacs Video Editing

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Post by rayvega »

henning wrote: post #13
rayvega wrote: post #5

Simply 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.

well, the eclipse and netbeans platforms have been used to create all kinds of applications that have nothing to do with software development.

examples?

Re: GNU Emacs Video Editing

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Post by silentbicycle »

The real question is, is it any good as a video editor? (I don't do video editing, so I'm not qualified to compare it to professional video tools. My fiance does, but doesn't use Emacs.)

All of this "an x, written in (drumroll) [Emacs|Haskell||etc]" should probably be judged on its own merits as a useful program, you know?

(Don't get me wrong - I think putting stuff like rcirc in Emacs makes a lot of sense.)

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