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I do agree that Spacemacs, although it's a fairly full featured environment that mimics Vim's modal editing, it's true power cannot be fully exploited unless yo
by petantik 10y ago
I do agree that Spacemacs, although it's a fairly full featured environment that mimics Vim's modal editing, it's true power cannot be fully exploited unless you know Emacs. There are just too many edge cases with the integrations that can make the experience painful.
I mostly stick with Vim now since I can easily work through any issues I do encounter with the plugins, and there's no extra layers to worry about.
- CJefferson 10y agoAgreed, my big problem with Spacemacs was that it isn't quite Emacs, and it isn't quite Vim, and there aren't many guides just for Spacemacs.
- mschaef 10y ago> it's true power cannot be fully exploited unless you know Emacs. Very true. I've used Emacs almost exclusively for 20 years, and what I've found is what you've just said: the key is to use Emacs on its own terms. Otherwise you're fighting too many deeply ingrained behaviors, etc. (The corollary to this is that the reverse is true also - Emacs keybindings for other editors tend to be unsatisfying. They bring the surface, but not the essence of Emacs to some other tool.)