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What's the most exciting features recently added to Emacs (or coming soon)? I don't use emacs at all, so any feature you're excited for is fair game, even if i

What's the most exciting features recently added to Emacs (or coming soon)? I don't use emacs at all, so any feature you're excited for is fair game, even if it's not exactly recent.

jonpalmisc 5y ago
Somewhat recently the native-comp branch was merged which compiles Elisp to native code. In my experience, this has a huge positive impact on performance, and can make Emacs feel a lot faster, smoother, and more responsive. Others say it doesn’t yield a noticeable difference for them, but on both of my machines it’s quite noticeable.
dotancohen 5y ago
I'm not an Emacs user per se, but I am an org-mode user. I don't even know where to begin to start recommending org-mode, it is a literal life changer. It is everything that you've ever wanted in any note-taking app (Except perhaps syncing with mobile devices, but people are working on that). Seriously, go through the fine tutorial and just start exploring it. No matter what you put off for doing that, it will be worth it. https://orgmode.org/worg/org-tutorials/orgtutorial_dto.html https://orgmode.org/worg/org-tutorials/orgtutorial_dto.html
TacticalCoder 5y ago
native-comp LSP support (Language Server Protocol). Basically any language / file format for which a LSP backend has been written can now be used from Emacs. LSP is not as powerful yet as, say, IntelliJ IDEA for Java development but suddenly the line between "text editor" and "IDE" for Emacs got much, much, much more blurry.
- jhgb 5y ago
  > but suddenly the line between "text editor" and "IDE" for Emacs got much, much, much more blurry SLIME already did this to Emacs like twenty years ago.
  - brabel 5y ago
    Yes, but not for any language (that has a backend) like LSP does.
    - jhgb 5y ago
      SLIME also did this for any language that has a backend. They're not different in this respect.
- e3bc54b2 5y ago
  I wasn't aware. Is LSP support now in Emacs master/feature branch? I thought we needed lsp-mode/eglot extensions for it.
  - TacticalCoder 5y ago
    Oh sorry... I thought the question was about the Emacs ecosystem overall, not just about the core stuff.

What's the most exciting features recently added to Emacs (or coming soon)? I don't use emacs at all, so any feature you're excited for is fair game, even if it's not exactly recent.

jonpalmisc 5y ago

Somewhat recently the native-comp branch was merged which compiles Elisp to native code. In my experience, this has a huge positive impact on performance, and can make Emacs feel a lot faster, smoother, and more responsive. Others say it doesn’t yield a noticeable difference for them, but on both of my machines it’s quite noticeable.

dotancohen 5y ago

I'm not an Emacs user per se, but I am an org-mode user. I don't even know where to begin to start recommending org-mode, it is a literal life changer. It is everything that you've ever wanted in any note-taking app (Except perhaps syncing with mobile devices, but people are working on that). Seriously, go through the fine tutorial and just start exploring it. No matter what you put off for doing that, it will be worth it. https://orgmode.org/worg/org-tutorials/orgtutorial_dto.html https://orgmode.org/worg/org-tutorials/orgtutorial_dto.html

TacticalCoder 5y ago

native-comp LSP support (Language Server Protocol). Basically any language / file format for which a LSP backend has been written can now be used from Emacs. LSP is not as powerful yet as, say, IntelliJ IDEA for Java development but suddenly the line between "text editor" and "IDE" for Emacs got much, much, much more blurry.

jhgb 5y ago
> but suddenly the line between "text editor" and "IDE" for Emacs got much, much, much more blurry SLIME already did this to Emacs like twenty years ago.
- brabel 5y ago
  Yes, but not for any language (that has a backend) like LSP does.
  - jhgb 5y ago
    SLIME also did this for any language that has a backend. They're not different in this respect.
e3bc54b2 5y ago
I wasn't aware. Is LSP support now in Emacs master/feature branch? I thought we needed lsp-mode/eglot extensions for it.
- TacticalCoder 5y ago
  Oh sorry... I thought the question was about the Emacs ecosystem overall, not just about the core stuff.