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M-x customize exists since forever, and is more plug-and-play than VSCode ever was. The real problem with Emacs is the shitload of bugs that case weird, undocu

M-x customize exists since forever, and is more plug-and-play than VSCode ever was. The real problem with Emacs is the shitload of bugs that case weird, undocumented and annoying behavior. A scripting language like elips is not meant for programming something as large and complex as Emacs.

hollerith 3y ago
I dislike customize though whereas I like the GUI interface to settings in vscode. I agree Emacs has too many bugs (but I haven't found anything that suits me better for maintaining notes and to-do lists and such).
- _a_a_a_ 3y ago
  I've found very few in many years' use. You may be a more competent user than I. Please report bugs, the devs are very responsive.
precompute 3y ago
> The real problem with Emacs is the shitload of bugs that case weird, undocumented and annoying behavior. Could you name a few of these "bugs"? I use Emacs for practically everything and bugs are very difficult to encounter, even on Emacs HEAD. > A scripting language like elips is not meant for programming something as large and complex as Emacs. Well, that's just plain wrong. A lot of vanilla Emacs functionality is written in Elisp.
- otabdeveloper4 3y ago
  Core Emacs is simple enough to mostly be bug-free. But any elisp package will have lots of annoying small day-to-day bugs and glitches.
  - precompute 3y ago
    > But any elisp package will have lots of annoying small day-to-day bugs and glitches. I disagree. That's a broad and false generalization. Most packages are bug-free. If you're submitting to MELPA you need to make sure your package works and follows some guidelines for namespaces and organization, which can all the checked within emacs itself. Every package on a package tracker is vetted by at least one external dev. Emacs functions usually require little to no modification for years, because the core is very stable.

hollerith 3y ago

I dislike customize though whereas I like the GUI interface to settings in vscode. I agree Emacs has too many bugs (but I haven't found anything that suits me better for maintaining notes and to-do lists and such).

_a_a_a_ 3y ago
I've found very few in many years' use. You may be a more competent user than I. Please report bugs, the devs are very responsive.

precompute 3y ago

> The real problem with Emacs is the shitload of bugs that case weird, undocumented and annoying behavior. Could you name a few of these "bugs"? I use Emacs for practically everything and bugs are very difficult to encounter, even on Emacs HEAD. > A scripting language like elips is not meant for programming something as large and complex as Emacs. Well, that's just plain wrong. A lot of vanilla Emacs functionality is written in Elisp.

otabdeveloper4 3y ago
Core Emacs is simple enough to mostly be bug-free. But any elisp package will have lots of annoying small day-to-day bugs and glitches.
- precompute 3y ago
  > But any elisp package will have lots of annoying small day-to-day bugs and glitches. I disagree. That's a broad and false generalization. Most packages are bug-free. If you're submitting to MELPA you need to make sure your package works and follows some guidelines for namespaces and organization, which can all the checked within emacs itself. Every package on a package tracker is vetted by at least one external dev. Emacs functions usually require little to no modification for years, because the core is very stable.