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...Click a button, or invoke a command and an empty, unremarkable rectangle appears. Little you know that it is a relic from an age long past... Emacs to me, f
by hydandata 11y ago
...Click a button, or invoke a command and an empty, unremarkable rectangle appears. Little you know that it is a relic from an age long past...
Emacs to me, first and foremost, is a doorway to another dimension, a place you can escape to from the absolute drudgery of the contemporary software development.
...A relic, yes, but it seems as alive as ever, a dark block inside it, blinking, like a pulse on a medical instrument...
It is also a glimpse into what professional tools might be like, if they were not so obsessed about beginner users. [1]
...You wonder what the hell you should do with it...
[1] I think Erik Naggum kind of nailed it in http://www.xach.com/naggum/articles/3065048088243385@naggum.no.html http://www.xach.com/naggum/articles/3065048088243385@naggum....