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> Emacs was invented for a world where Text was everything. Given that you're still on a computer, what do you think isn't representable as text in one way or
by _emacsomancer_ 6y ago
> Emacs was invented for a world where Text was everything.
Given that you're still on a computer, what do you think isn't representable as text in one way or other? You can drag and drop images from a browser into Emacs[1], and it will download the image to a sensible (and configurable) location, add a link to the file and display it inline.
> The other problem is speed of typing is irrelevant
Yes, but having an interface which is reasonable and configurable is important for managing cognitive load, and Emacs excels here.
[1] https://github.com/abo-abo/org-download https://github.com/abo-abo/org-download
- kamaal 6y agoDoing less work is pretty much the programmer creed. But that statement has several dimensions. Including having to do less configuration and tweaking work. I think a modern lisp based editor, with concurrency/threading built in. With Racket/Clojure/CL backend with modern controls builtin would be all we need. You still keep the emacs spirit, but with modern outlook.
- _emacsomancer_ 6y ago> I think a modern lisp based editor, with concurrency/threading built in. With Racket/Clojure/CL backend with modern controls builtin would be all we need. Sure, but it's the same as the "replace (La)TeX" problem: part of the value of the ecosystem is the huge collection of packages/extensions. But if there was a reasonable way of porting packages over to a CL/Scheme new editor base, I agree that would be good. > Including having to do less configuration and tweaking work. Sure, but a bad, unconfigurable tool is more work.