4 ms·
emacs has plenty of plug-ins that turn it into an IDE. For people who are already comfortable with it, these tools are great. I’m more productive in it than wit
by sidlls 4y ago
emacs has plenty of plug-ins that turn it into an IDE. For people who are already comfortable with it, these tools are great. I’m more productive in it than with “modern” tools. For newcomers the learning curve is going to be steeper. I’d recommend learning at least either vim or emacs (or perhaps other text-based editors with similar features, if they exist) though, as it does provide versatility for oneself. Those GUI IDEs aren’t available in every environment where one might want to code or debug.
- rleigh 4y ago> I’m more productive in it than with “modern” tools. Are you objectively more productive, or do you perceive yourself to be more productive? I was an Emacs diehard for nearly two decades. Then I got introduced to CLion. In retrospect, Emacs was an inferior tool. While it's certainly true that Emacs can be configured and extended to do all sorts of interesting things, I do suspect many of its users are deluding themselves when it comes to the sheer breadth and depth of functionality offered by a modern IDE. It also doesn't help that its maintainers are living several decades in the past, and haven't kept up with what the "competition" are doing. I'm certainly not implying that Emacs is a poor editor. Very few IDEs have text editing capabilities on par with that. But its integration with other tools doesn't hold a candle to today's IDEs.