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Emacs in fifty keystrokes
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- jeffrallen 2y agoOne should learn Emacs because the bash readline editor uses Emacs key bindings by default. You will be more efficient on every computer you ever ssh into if you know ctrl-a, ctrl-k, ctrl-y etc etc. If you are uninterested in doing the work necessary to get the other benefits that Emacs can give you, you can stop at the tutorial and use VS Code for programming.
- imiric 2y agoI use Emacs as my main editor, but its keybindings are not something I would suggest learning it for. Most shells and Readline programs also support Vi mode, and I would argue that its modal keybindings are much more intuitive and powerful than a random combination of keys. In fact, I would probably not use Emacs at all if evil-mode didn't exist.
- sushibowl 2y agoI don't feel this is a very good argument to use Emacs. On any bash prompt you ever encounter you can simply `set -o vi` and be on your way.
- jayemar 2y agoI use "set -o vi" in my bash prompt and use Emacs in evil mode for the best of all worlds
- bloopernova 2y agoThis is great stuff, good article that covers useful information. The temptation now is to compare their config with my own, but I'm trying to avoid Emacs Yak Shaving lately. It's all too easy to get sucked in!