It is just as weird as typing in vim. ducks
How to type “blimpy” in Emacs [video]
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Re: How to type “blimpy” in Emacs [video]
#62I am not sure I approve of the inner mysteries being so paraded in public.
Don't worry, people who don't have the emacs gene will be lost nevertheless.
Re: How to type “blimpy” in Emacs [video]
#63I opened vim and tried to type "blimpy" and nothing happened. I also can't quit.
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Re: How to type “blimpy” in Emacs [video]
#64More than anything else I'm confused by the positive response this is getting. * Very few people use Emacs * Anyone who nevertheless is using Emacs should be willing to read documentation. The only way to learn Emacs is through reading the docs. * As illustrated, copy-pasting a use-package clause is an easy way to get started with something. The pain point is the alternative ways to set a package up that are distract…
I'm with you, I don't get it. Is this an example of the emperor's new clothes where nobody gets it (because it doesn't make sense) but pretends to find it funny because they assume it must be funny if only they understood emacs?
Re: How to type “blimpy” in Emacs [video]
#65It is just as weird as typing in vim. ducks
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Re: How to type “blimpy” in Emacs [video]
#66More than anything else I'm confused by the positive response this is getting. * Very few people use Emacs * Anyone who nevertheless is using Emacs should be willing to read documentation. The only way to learn Emacs is through reading the docs. * As illustrated, copy-pasting a use-package clause is an easy way to get started with something. The pain point is the alternative ways to set a package up that are distract…
Can you articulate why this isn't funny?
Well... one of the things groups do to bond is they develop memes and in-jokes that are objectively nothing and exist only to show who is in- and out- of the group. One of the signs people are doing that is one word responses like "blimpy". That sort of activity is purposefully low-content because it is supposed to signal group membership and nothing more. Which is what I think this is. That turns up in every group although it can be a bit subtle at times.
But this is a bit weird because this isn't what Emacs users have traditionally bonded over. The traditional stuff is things like https://xkcd.com/378/ leaning on "Emacs does everything and has long key combinations". This is more saying the package manager is bad or something? Which isn't a traditional joke. So either this is a new group of Emacs users I'm not familiar with or there is a good joke here that I've missed.
And I optimistically asked for an explanation of the joke in case it is the latter. Based on the comments in response I think this is a wave of Emacs users I'm not familiar with doing group bonding. Which, fair enough. They do their thing. Although even then the number of people involved seems high and it'd be interesting to know where they are coming from.
Re: How to type “blimpy” in Emacs [video]
#67Re: How to type “blimpy” in Emacs [video]
#68Earlier quoted context omitted.
I dont get it... does blimpy equate to some emacs commands or something where you cant type it in emacs' equivalent of insert mode?
No, I think the word was just chosen because it sounds kind of funny. The crux of the video is making fun of how simultaneously annoyingly fidgety and powerful emacs packages can be.
The warnings never mean anything
Re: How to type “blimpy” in Emacs [video]
#69More than anything else I'm confused by the positive response this is getting. * Very few people use Emacs * Anyone who nevertheless is using Emacs should be willing to read documentation. The only way to learn Emacs is through reading the docs. * As illustrated, copy-pasting a use-package clause is an easy way to get started with something. The pain point is the alternative ways to set a package up that are distract…
I'm with you, I don't get it. Is this an example of the emperor's new clothes where nobody gets it (because it doesn't make sense) but pretends to find it funny because they assume it must be funny if only they understood emacs?
How is that situation not funny? GNU is Not Unix…
Re: How to type “blimpy” in Emacs [video]
#70Earlier quoted context omitted.
Can you articulate why this isn't funny?
Well... one of the things groups do to bond is they develop memes and in-jokes that are objectively nothing and exist only to show who is in- and out- of the group. One of the signs people are doing that is one word responses like "blimpy". That sort of activity is purposefully low-content because it is supposed to signal group membership and nothing more. Which is what I think this is. That turns up in every group a…
I use Emacs casually, but oh dear it can get absurdly complicated for very little payoff. Yak shaving if there ever was. This blimpy plugin/module points it out in a deadpan way. It also reflects on a lot of tech in general. Who hasn’t spent a lot of time messing about with a system for no apparent benefit?
It has little twists too like indirectly bringing vi into it by supporting evil mode, furthering the futility of adding options and configurability to ostensibly “simplify” something. The video points out so many absurdities of IT life through the lens of an editor and its ecosystem.