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"the community is overall geared more toward hacking it as an end in itself: customizing every little detail, doing willfully goofy things like play mp3s or run
by pmoriarty 5y ago
"the community is overall geared more toward hacking it as an end in itself: customizing every little detail, doing willfully goofy things like play mp3s or run tabletop RPGs, etc."
In my experience the "goofy things" you list are a minority use of emacs.
Most people are mostly in to things like org-mode or coding with emacs as their primary use. Of course emacs customization is very popular too, as if you don't want to customize your editor you might as well use something else.
- olivierestsage 5y agoYes, I think I could have phrased my comment better in terms of fun and "goofiness." Emacs definitely has a lot to offer for straightforward productivity; I'm an org-mode fanatic. But I think there's a certain lighthearted "spirit" to the community that gets lost in some discussions.
- jkepler 5y agoLike emacs coffee mode, https://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/CoffeeMode https://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/CoffeeMode