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Emacs Rocks
- freedomben 8y agoI feel like this was a missed opportunity to use emacs.rocks (which as of right now is not registered. Hurry!)
- se7entime 8y agovim.rocks too (hurry up!)
- giancarlostoro 8y agoPretty sure ".rocks" didn't exist yet when this domain was purchased. It's not all that new[0]. [0]: https://news.ycombinator.com/from?site=emacsrocks.com https://news.ycombinator.com/from?site=emacsrocks.com
- techie128 8y agoLong time emacs user here. This is a great resource. P.S.: I also happen to be a vi user.
- 8fingerlouie 8y agoAs a die hard Vi(m) user, who just rage quit Emacs today because it messed up on undoing things (Emacs did what Emacs does, sadly my brain doesn't work the same way), I had hoped to see more than just "more excuses to never leave your editor"
- duckerude 8y agoI like to use undo-tree for making sense of my undo history. It's inspired by Vim, apparently, so it might work for you. https://elpa.gnu.org/packages/undo-tree.html https://elpa.gnu.org/packages/undo-tree.html
- FPGAhacker 8y agoUndo-tree is pretty awesome. Saved me from anguish more than a few times. But alas, emacs is just too slow during startup for my workflow. I use it with clojure but only because of Cider.
- duckerude 8y agoIt's very snappy to open if you run it as a server. Defining an alias for 'emacsclient -a= -c' was enough for me. It will boot Emacs if it's not already running, but otherwise, you immediately get a new frame hooked up to the running instance. You can also run Emacs as a systemd user service, to spare even that first delay. You do have to get into the habit of exiting by closing the buffer or the frame instead of quitting Emacs.
- FPGAhacker 8y agoI’ve tried that a few times, but inevitably emacs+plugins get into a bad state and I have to restart. Plus I haven’t figured out how to keep my buffers organized. When I’m working on project x, I don’t want to see project y buffers. I’m sure there are many plugins for that too, but the state gets corrupted over time and stuff I use quits working. I much prefer separate instances for separate work, and nvim or vim start from scratch faster than an emacsclient connects.
- kwhitefoot 8y agoBut why close it? I never close Emacs.
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- AzzieElbab 8y agoThe amount of time it takes to setup tune customize and debug emacs is no longer justifiable
- pmoriarty 8y agoSome people like to paint ducks or build model airplanes. Some relax by plopping down in front of their PlayStation or TV for a few hours. Others like to tweak their editor. Is that so wrong?
- AzzieElbab 8y agoNot at all. Emacs works as a hobby but unfortunately lost its practicality
- iLemming 8y agoYou have any idea how long does it take to fine-tune a piano? How difficult and expensive is to adjust a Formula 1 bolid for a specific track? How long does it take to train a service dog? Just because it takes time and effort to master and fine-tune a tool, required process does not render the tool impractical. Au contraire - it makes that tool the best suited for the task.
- AzzieElbab 8y agopardon. One shalt not argue with a true believer