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If you use the Emacs server/client, then it is very fast to open a file from the command line. But I prefer to just open files from within Emacs. With ido-find-
by rcfox 6y ago
If you use the Emacs server/client, then it is very fast to open a file from the command line. But I prefer to just open files from within Emacs. With ido-find-file, I get fuzzy path matching, which makes it fast to find whatever.
Rather than worrying about startup times, I'd have them work on including a lean set of quality of life extensions by default, like ido.
- dfabulich 6y ago1) I bet Stallman's never used ido. 2) You already use Emacs. What would it take to get a new user to use it? It would have to be installed by default, and be the quickest and easiest way to edit a file. That means startup performance.
- fhennig 6y ago> That means startup performance. Or the server/client setup could just be the default and the server starts at system boot.
- dfabulich 6y agoLinux distros aren't going to install an Emacs daemon by default.
- catalogia 6y agoLast I checked, they don't have full installs of vim either. So either way you're going to be installing a package (which is hardly a great ordeal...)
- tome 6y agoCan you do that for all users? The server is a per-user server, isn't it?
- empthought 6y agoStallman hasn't been in charge of Emacs for over a decade.