4 ms·
A couple things about the content of this post, that people aren't talking about. Mastering Emacs by Mickey Petersen is a solid book on Emacs and a good compani
by spudlyo 5y ago
A couple things about the content of this post, that people aren't talking about. Mastering Emacs by Mickey Petersen is a solid book on Emacs and a good companion to the official manual. Mickey usually has an update to Mastering Emacs not long after a new version is released, which is great. I'm thankful for his many contributions to the Emacs community, and I really enjoyed reading his thoughts on the new features and additions to Emacs 28.
Secondly, the breadth of the changes in Emacs 28.1 is staggering, especially considering that Emacs 27.1 was released some 19 months ago. I think it's safe to say that despite all the hand-wringing about the antiquated email-centric way that Emacs is developed, an impressive amount of work is getting done. Emacs development is alive and well.
- ReneFroger 5y agoThis collection page of Emacs packages: https://emacs.zeef.com https://emacs.zeef.com contains only packages which are last updated at least 2 years ago, and it's already an impressive amount to me, which indicates that Emacs community is also very active, despite having - in IT terms- a very ancient editor.
- NateEag 5y agos/despite/due to/ Ancient, stable platforms enable long-termism, which encourages scratching your itches - whatever you write, it will likely keep working until after you're dead.