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Kinda strange. Emacs is so inherently keyboard-focused that I fail to see the point of this... nor the need for it?!
Do you think it'll still be able to run org-mode?
EDIT: Org-mode is working for me. I still don't know how to use it, but it's nice to be able to navigate through it via the right-click menus.
This is the first step only. I remember in 1995 Stallman wanted Emacs to be "like Microsoft Word" with varying fonts and other formatting shit with hidden Tex-coding. Do it.
I think this is solving several different problems: 1) I would love to have a better way to manage tabs and multiple files in emacs. This piece seems awesome! 2) Good context menus aren't as important, but a definite win! emacs is useless here. But I'm not sure your context menus are the ones I want. 3) As someone who's used emacs for a long time, I would hate to have my emacs shortcuts replaced by standard ones. I d…
Kinda strange. Emacs is so inherently keyboard-focused that I fail to see the point of this... nor the need for it?!
I'm not sure this is true. Emacs is fundamentally command driven - everything is a command, and can be invoked, edited or replaced the same way. What triggers those is obviously key bindings for a lot of people but it's not really what makes Emacs powerful or extensible. People have diverse needs when it comes to wanting to interact with a computer, and it's great that Emacs's flexibility allows them to.
This is what makes Emacs more flexible than Vim to the point where there's a very faithful reimplementation of Vim for Emacs. Couldn't do the opposite, even if you wanted to.
Kinda strange. Emacs is so inherently keyboard-focused that I fail to see the point of this... nor the need for it?!
Use your imagination and build a different editor.
Kinda strange. Emacs is so inherently keyboard-focused that I fail to see the point of this... nor the need for it?!
As for the rest: maybe some of the features are nice to have. I don't really care for tabs, and standard shortcuts are usually a non-issue, since everyone ends up using whatever they prefer ("standard", Emacs, or Vim). In any case, most advanced functions are usually accessed by name, whatever the editor.
The important takeaway is that every Emacs user should acknowledge the fact that the mouse is underutilized. We may not need it, but it's a huge barrier to overcome for new users.
This is the first step only. I remember in 1995 Stallman wanted Emacs to be "like Microsoft Word" with varying fonts and other formatting shit with hidden Tex-coding. Do it.