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To fail to answer your question, I've been a vim (then neovim) user for twenty years or so, and moved to emacs in the last couple of years.(initially because of
by dannyobrien 4y ago
To fail to answer your question, I've been a vim (then neovim) user for twenty years or so, and moved to emacs in the last couple of years.(initially because of a desire to have a searchable/configurable email client, then I stayed because of org-mode.).
I did not move from Code -- but I had an interesting interaction with my son recently, who is a Code user. I was showing him my org-agenda set up. He noted that it was weird to organize your life in the app you use to edit code. I do see his point!
- gcr 4y agoi mean, in fairness, VS Code doesn't make for a particularly good day planner :p
- eftychis 4y agoI like to see this as, you write code in/via the tool you trust to organize your life. But I do like your son's is a good perspective to think upon -- and all claims/questions deducing from it.
- jcpst 4y agoMhm, evil and org-mode brought me to emacs. I generate documentation, presentations, embed little scripts to transform org-tables, and use ledger-mode. I don’t even use it for coding projects anymore.
- Jtsummers 4y ago> He noted that it was weird to organize your life in the app you use to edit code. I do see his point! Only if you think of it as an "app", which often carries a connotation of singular or narrowly constrained purpose. I open an app to get directions, I open an app to see my email, I open an app to send a message, I open an app to check my grocery list. Emacs isn't an app, it's a system. Is it also weird that we use the same systems (Linux, Windows, macOS) to code and organize our lives and to host a variety of limited purpose apps?
- wainstead 4y agoI’ve often likened it to “Emacs is a place you go, and stay there a long time.”