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That's why I use org-mode for my config so I can set :tangle no anytime, with {use,req}-pacakge I can handle the complexity without feeling it. Actually I live
by xte 8y ago
That's why I use org-mode for my config so I can set :tangle no anytime, with {use,req}-pacakge I can handle the complexity without feeling it.
Actually I live (in IT terms) in Emacs, from the WM (EXWM(-x)) to MUA (notmuch-emacs) to personal finance (ledger-mode) to document system (skeletor+org+LaTeX+yasnippet) to programming environment (personal use of guile (geiser), hy, python (jedi etc), nim and various shells/DSL language), I administer systems inside Emacs with NixOS and tramp+eshell, I forget the concept of filemanger with dired (and tons of related addons), I super reduce CLI usage thanks to various Emacs packages, I have chat, rss, news all inside all well integrated... Yep, the start give me some frustration, I have a config bankrupt but after that things goes far smother than any other environment I have ever tried.
And yes, the config is big, but I do not made it before starting using Emacs, it evolve regularly in the time as I need so it's length and complexity have essentially no weigh. When something goes wrong (essentially after an update) I simply rollback and keep working until I have time to investigate. No real interruption, nothing like Windows update during presentation we all have seen.
Sometimes I have encountered "strange" bugs, the last few days ago that doom-modeline break notmuch-mua-new-mail: I quickly rollback and do my stuff; in a moment of free time I try to figure out what happen and yes I encounter some difficulties (my knowledge of elisp it's not well enough) so I simply ignore the problem. Yesterday I update again and the problem was gone. Long-story short in many case a problem is not only mine and tons of people working on Emacs find and debug it :-)
- dmitriid 8y agoMy complaint: emacs requires a lot of configuration that is often arcane or poorly documented. You: but it's so simple! I only use notmuch-emacs, and ledger-mode, and skeletor+org+LaTeX+yasnippet, and geiser, and jedi, and tramp+eshell, and dired with tons of related addons, and..., and..., and..., and... Something tells me you just reinforce the point I'm making. I personally have a life outside of looking for and configuring dozens of emacs packages in a hundred different ways.
- badpun 8y ago> Actually I live (in IT terms) in Emacs I never quite got that. What is the advantage of doing everything on your PC with Emacs plugins, instead of using dedicated programs for specific tasks? I get that the text editor for all these tasks is behaving the same way when going the Emacs way - is that the only advantage though?