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Emacs. I remember finishing college in the late 90s and coming across Emacs (actually, XEmacs back then) for the first time. What a weird editor, how could any
by kleiba 10y ago
Emacs.
I remember finishing college in the late 90s and coming across Emacs (actually, XEmacs back then) for the first time. What a weird editor, how could anyone even want use this voluntarily? Until some coworkers at the place I worked back then showed me some tricks. The touch of enlightenment hasn't stopped ever since and probably never will.
- jasonm23 10y agoTestify! Emacs is so mysterious, some people actually think it's a Text Editor. It's like saying Android is a Phone.
- rpdillon 10y agoIndeed. Starting using Emacs in '97 when I was still in school, but the mix of editor and programmable lisp environment changed the way I thought about computing (coming from Pascal/Java). Emacs made it so easy for me to implement small improvements to my work environment, so it allowed my curiosity to overpower my fear of breaking things, and that changed the way I thought about computing in general.
- rakanalh 10y agoEmacs is now the thing that i am most passionate about... even more than programming languages themselves. I don't imagine getting back to anything else. Especially when i have to run tests using IntellJ for Java, i can't wait until i get back to my lovely Emacs screen!