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Most useful things you’ve discovered? Best resources you’ve used to discover things?

by plg 8y ago

truncate 8y ago
I moved from Vim work roughly 6 years ago. I think Magit was the most mindblowing discovery I made after the switch. It is much more common now, and there is even a Vim equivalent I hear. I can't imagine using Emacs (or any editor) without Magit. `org-mode` and `org-agenda` is pretty cool and I wish I could use it, but I just gave up trying to configure and integrate it with my calendar, multiple devices and what not. `shell-pop` is incredibly basic and useful to pop up terminal at bottom. Trying to get my popup windows to show up where I want them using `popwin` and `shackle` (still WIP, as it's far from perfect). There is `lsp-mode` for Language Server, which makes the auto-completion and code-browsing far better. I was super surprised by how well `dumb-jump` worked in most cases (I mainly used that for C++). I usually discover things by looking at random Emacs configuration. IIRC there is a repo on Github which keeps track of popular configuration out there.
- mark_l_watson 8y ago
  When I worked managing a machine learning team I really relied on org-mode to keep myself organized. I didn't have a multiple device problem because I just had org setup on my work laptop. When I 'retired' a few weeks ago I tried org-mode in a dropbox folder. Works great from my Linux and macOS laptops but iOS is a nuisance: I can read notes from the dropbox app and edit them with Textastic, but this is not 'ready at hand' tooling. Since I 'retired' I am doing much more of my personal coding in Common Lisp and Haskell which means more Emacs use (although I also have VSCode set up for fantastic Haskell and Python dev experiences). I need to take another look at Magit. I replaced org-mode with all-in use of G Suite (really enjoying functionality, high productivity, and security, cringing a little on privacy issues).
  - tra3 7y ago
    Take a look at beorg for iOS, I haven't fully explored it yet, but it supports some org-mode. https://beorgapp.com https://beorgapp.com

Most useful things you’ve discovered? Best resources you’ve used to discover things?

by plg 8y ago

Most useful things you’ve discovered? Best resources you’ve used to discover things?

I moved from Vim work roughly 6 years ago. I think Magit was the most mindblowing discovery I made after the switch. It is much more common now, and there is even a Vim equivalent I hear. I can't imagine using Emacs (or any editor) without Magit. `org-mode` and `org-agenda` is pretty cool and I wish I could use it, but I just gave up trying to configure and integrate it with my calendar, multiple devices and what not. `shell-pop` is incredibly basic and useful to pop up terminal at bottom. Trying to get my popup windows to show up where I want them using `popwin` and `shackle` (still WIP, as it's far from perfect). There is `lsp-mode` for Language Server, which makes the auto-completion and code-browsing far better. I was super surprised by how well `dumb-jump` worked in most cases (I mainly used that for C++). I usually discover things by looking at random Emacs configuration. IIRC there is a repo on Github which keeps track of popular configuration out there.

mark_l_watson 8y ago
When I worked managing a machine learning team I really relied on org-mode to keep myself organized. I didn't have a multiple device problem because I just had org setup on my work laptop. When I 'retired' a few weeks ago I tried org-mode in a dropbox folder. Works great from my Linux and macOS laptops but iOS is a nuisance: I can read notes from the dropbox app and edit them with Textastic, but this is not 'ready at hand' tooling. Since I 'retired' I am doing much more of my personal coding in Common Lisp and Haskell which means more Emacs use (although I also have VSCode set up for fantastic Haskell and Python dev experiences). I need to take another look at Magit. I replaced org-mode with all-in use of G Suite (really enjoying functionality, high productivity, and security, cringing a little on privacy issues).
- tra3 7y ago
  Take a look at beorg for iOS, I haven't fully explored it yet, but it supports some org-mode. https://beorgapp.com https://beorgapp.com