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After spending endless hours in learning the ins and outs of Emacs and starting to learn Elisp, I come to realize that Emacs‘ tinkering-to-doing ratio is too hi
by submeta 5y ago
After spending endless hours in learning the ins and outs of Emacs and starting to learn Elisp, I come to realize that Emacs‘ tinkering-to-doing ratio is too high. I need tools that get out of my way. Emacs can get a hobby or an obsession. If you have nothing else to do, fine, spend your time sharpening the saw instead of cutting wood.
I turned to VS Code + PyCharm for coding. And use Emacs for editing text only. And for that, it is excellent.
What I love about Emacs most is the macro recorder. Whenever I have to transform text, I record my steps in Emacs‘ macro recorder and replay the steps. That’s like magic. I wouldn‘t even bother writing a Python script for these one-off transformations.
- BeetleB 5y ago> I come to realize that Emacs‘ tinkering-to-doing ratio is too high. You are in full control of how much tinkering you do, though. Strange to blame a tool for this.
- tom_ 5y agoBut most of the things you do require a certain amount of tinkering, even basic stuff like setting up C indentation, making Emacs not use tabs, and configuring keyboard shortcuts - especially in the early days, when you might not quite understand how things fit together. Compare and contrast with Visual Studio Code, which has a much smoother onboarding experience.
- BeetleB 5y agoAgreed about the onboarding experience. However, the person I was replying to seems quite well versed in Emacs.
- ordu 5y agoMuch more strange when a tool blames its users for their unsatisfying experiences. It is tool is made for user, not the other way.