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I switched to emacs in 2019 after using primarily vim for 12 years, and I think it's more than worth it. It's not an editor, it's not an IDE, it is kind of like

I switched to emacs in 2019 after using primarily vim for 12 years, and I think it's more than worth it. It's not an editor, it's not an IDE, it is kind of like an operating system where you can have a text editor, debugger, notes, mail, whatever you want. If you dig that, you'll love emacs. It's extensible in a way you've probably not experienced anywhere else, so if you like honing your tools so they fit the way you want to work, emacs is for you. I've actually come to long for an operating system that gives me the same "interactivity" as emacs does. Of course, I edit text in emacs with evil: https://github.com/emacs-evil/evil https://github.com/emacs-evil/evil

Koshkin 7y ago
> not an editor It's "editing macros," so yes, it's an editor first and foremost. > not an IDE It's integrated; mostly used by developers; it's an environment.
- smabie 7y ago
  I mean, I play NetHack in it. I don’t think any IDE has that kind of flexibility.
  - Koshkin 7y ago
    http://eclipse-games.sourceforge.net/ http://eclipse-games.sourceforge.net/
    - anthk 7y ago
      That's nothing. You can do, in Emacs: - Run Nethack - Chat over IRC. Double combo with Bitlbee - Chat over Slack/$whatever proto is designed in Elisp - Write Interactive Fiction - Emulate Interactive fiction with a Z machine in Elisp - Write and read emails/news with GNUs - Listen to music with EMMS - M-x doctor because is too complex and you need to talk to someone - Comment on HN with eww - Do literate programming - Do math, and with Maxima/R, algebra/statistics/whatever - Use GIT with Magit - org-mode. With this you could write three ebooks larger than the Java specs. - org-babel. I forgot it. This is damn magic. Programming as if you were in a word processor, going back and forth, easily, showing up your results inline.
      - Koshkin 7y ago
        Editor wars, won.
      - smabie 7y ago
        I particularly like calc mode. Top notch programmable rpn calculator with basic CAS support. Good for most algebraic transformations plus derivatives and integrals. It also supports graphing! Also you missed that you can run WebKit inside of emacs. Also you embed X apps in emacs and use it as a window manager.
        Koshkin 7y ago
        > embed X apps in emacs Not in the console mode, you can't.

Koshkin 7y ago

> not an editor It's "editing macros," so yes, it's an editor first and foremost. > not an IDE It's integrated; mostly used by developers; it's an environment.

smabie 7y ago
I mean, I play NetHack in it. I don’t think any IDE has that kind of flexibility.
- Koshkin 7y ago
  http://eclipse-games.sourceforge.net/ http://eclipse-games.sourceforge.net/
  - anthk 7y ago
    That's nothing. You can do, in Emacs: - Run Nethack - Chat over IRC. Double combo with Bitlbee - Chat over Slack/$whatever proto is designed in Elisp - Write Interactive Fiction - Emulate Interactive fiction with a Z machine in Elisp - Write and read emails/news with GNUs - Listen to music with EMMS - M-x doctor because is too complex and you need to talk to someone - Comment on HN with eww - Do literate programming - Do math, and with Maxima/R, algebra/statistics/whatever - Use GIT with Magit - org-mode. With this you could write three ebooks larger than the Java specs. - org-babel. I forgot it. This is damn magic. Programming as if you were in a word processor, going back and forth, easily, showing up your results inline.
    - Koshkin 7y ago
      Editor wars, won.
    - smabie 7y ago
      I particularly like calc mode. Top notch programmable rpn calculator with basic CAS support. Good for most algebraic transformations plus derivatives and integrals. It also supports graphing! Also you missed that you can run WebKit inside of emacs. Also you embed X apps in emacs and use it as a window manager.
      - Koshkin 7y ago
        > embed X apps in emacs Not in the console mode, you can't.