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> That’s why I am currently trying to get back to using Emacs. I just wish that people write such posts six months after they have made the switch. The author
by rg111 4y ago
> That’s why I am currently trying to get back to using Emacs.
I just wish that people write such posts six months after they have made the switch.
The author has only started. He only has stuff set up and checked speed. He hasn’t yet become as efficient as he was with JetBrains.
He might never become that, and after 20-30 days, he might throw in the towel and go back to JB.
_Being too bullish too soon_ is one of the serious maladies of the present personal-brand/influencer culture.
- krageon 4y agoI switched three years ago and I'm happy with emacs still. I don't find I miss anything jetbrains used to offer me. I might feel different if I spent a lot of time profiling, the one area where an IDE generally has a leg up - but IME the profiling experience in anything that isn't visual studio is bad anyway.
- luispauloml 4y agoWell, the author says "trying to get back" (emphasis mine), which makes me think that there is some prior experience, it's not "has only started." The article also says: > Over a couple of years, I have managed to configure Emacs with most basic modern shortcuts that work in most other applications post the 1990’s (small things like Cmd+S to save, Ctrl+Tab to switch buffers etc.) which, on the other hand, sounds a bit weird to me. It states that there are years of experience with Emacs, but it wouldn't take years to configure small things like Ctrl+Tab. These are things people use very frequently, so I would imagine one would configure it within the first month, or even the first week, of using Emacs to reduce friction.