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Emacs is an amazing editor and never ceases to surprise in a positive way. The only complaint I have about Emacs is its look and feel and a lack of a usable Si

Emacs is an amazing editor and never ceases to surprise in a positive way. The only complaint I have about Emacs is its look and feel and a lack of a usable Sidebar. If they could "steal" that from Sublime Text it would be perfect.

hprotagonist 4y ago
there’s even a minimap implementation.
mickeyp 4y ago
Do you mean like `M-x speedbar'? Lots of third-party customizations for it, too.
- mxben 4y ago
  Thanks! Never knew this existed. Would have been better if the sidebar was not shown in a new frame. There are third-party customizations to launch speedbar in the same frame though.
  - mmargerum 4y ago
    i like it as a separate frame
- pksebben 4y ago
  to add to this, if there are things the speed bar doesn't do that you wish it did, the chance that there's no package for {specific thing you want} is vanishingly small. The primary difficulty is in being able to find exactly what you're looking for. Precise terminology and specific terms of art (i.e. linting, directory traversal, syntax hiliting) will help here.
  - tut-urut-utut 4y ago
    For me, speedbar is a no-go, since it opens in a new frame. If I switch to browser, and then back to Emacs buffer, it is still hidden behind a browser windows. From sidebar, what I look is an exact equivalent of Sublime Text's sidebar. - It opens in the same frame - I can add/pin a folder tree there, it should be operable by mouse (open/close subtree, click to open a file in buffer or switch to it) - Have a list of open files / buffers - clicking on it should switch to buffer Currently looking at treemacs and neotree that were suggested by me. Previously I was giving up trying to configure them, now I may be more persistent.
    - jhbadger 4y ago
      The site here has some elisp code that puts the speedbar in the current frame. I've just tried it and it seems to work. https://carnet.danielhan.dev/linux-unix/emacs/speedbar-in-one-frame.html https://carnet.danielhan.dev/linux-unix/emacs/speedbar-in-on...
    - gpderetta 4y ago
      sr-speedbar in melpa seems relevant .
steeleduncan 4y ago
I've not used Sublime Text, but I think treemacs fits what you are looking for https://github.com/Alexander-Miller/treemacs https://github.com/Alexander-Miller/treemacs
arkanane 4y ago
I think that the look and feel is what I like more about Emacs. Having such a complete environment full screen without much space waster makes me much more focused

hprotagonist 4y ago

there’s even a minimap implementation.

mickeyp 4y ago

Do you mean like `M-x speedbar'? Lots of third-party customizations for it, too.

mxben 4y ago
Thanks! Never knew this existed. Would have been better if the sidebar was not shown in a new frame. There are third-party customizations to launch speedbar in the same frame though.
- mmargerum 4y ago
  i like it as a separate frame
pksebben 4y ago
to add to this, if there are things the speed bar doesn't do that you wish it did, the chance that there's no package for {specific thing you want} is vanishingly small. The primary difficulty is in being able to find exactly what you're looking for. Precise terminology and specific terms of art (i.e. linting, directory traversal, syntax hiliting) will help here.
- tut-urut-utut 4y ago
  For me, speedbar is a no-go, since it opens in a new frame. If I switch to browser, and then back to Emacs buffer, it is still hidden behind a browser windows. From sidebar, what I look is an exact equivalent of Sublime Text's sidebar. - It opens in the same frame - I can add/pin a folder tree there, it should be operable by mouse (open/close subtree, click to open a file in buffer or switch to it) - Have a list of open files / buffers - clicking on it should switch to buffer Currently looking at treemacs and neotree that were suggested by me. Previously I was giving up trying to configure them, now I may be more persistent.
  - jhbadger 4y ago
    The site here has some elisp code that puts the speedbar in the current frame. I've just tried it and it seems to work. https://carnet.danielhan.dev/linux-unix/emacs/speedbar-in-one-frame.html https://carnet.danielhan.dev/linux-unix/emacs/speedbar-in-on...
  - gpderetta 4y ago
    sr-speedbar in melpa seems relevant .

steeleduncan 4y ago

I've not used Sublime Text, but I think treemacs fits what you are looking for https://github.com/Alexander-Miller/treemacs https://github.com/Alexander-Miller/treemacs

arkanane 4y ago

I think that the look and feel is what I like more about Emacs. Having such a complete environment full screen without much space waster makes me much more focused