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Same here. I have emacs init.el file that I'd like to tinker with from time to time but every time I try to make switch I feel like I'm using a system consistin
by dkns 10y ago
Same here. I have emacs init.el file that I'd like to tinker with from time to time but every time I try to make switch I feel like I'm using a system consisting of thousands of moving parts which constantly break.
It's completely awesome that you can change anything in emacs however you want but time and time again I realize that I'd rather have a rock solid editor with small api that let's you customize few things.
- pklausler 10y agoWrite one, then. I did. It's not hard. Mine's about 7K lines of code and it's the perfect text editor for me.
- pyre 10y agoDo you have fun integrating every new mode that you might like to use when you decide to open a source file for a new programming language?
- pklausler 10y agoI think that what you're trying to express is that I might be wasting some time implementing support for some syntax highlighting and code formatting features that are already present in other editors. Thank you for your concern. It hasn't been much of a problem since (1) I don't really used much syntax highlighting other than for reserved words, string literals and comments, and paired bracketing characters, (2) I rarely need to view or edit files besides C/C++/Haskell/bash/LaTeX, which I have support for, and (3) the editor works just fine on other files without fancy-pants modes anyway.
- mbrock 10y agoIt's funny this idea that you can't edit source code without a special "mode". It's just plain text, come on!