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Can anyone tell me (a GNU Emacs user for 35+ years) something that I can't do in elisp but would be able to do if Guile was used instead?
by PaulDavisThe1st 2y ago
Can anyone tell me (a GNU Emacs user for 35+ years) something that I can't do in elisp but would be able to do if Guile was used instead?
- bjoli 2y agoHave a runtime separate from emacs where you could use things like "liborgmode" comes to mind.
- steeleduncan 2y agoProbably nothing, but then this feature isn't aimed at people who have used emacs for years, and who like and effectively work with elisp. I on the other hand, am very familiar with guile, I don't particularly care for elisp, and I would like to be able to customise my editor more comfortably. For me this is great.
- f1shy 2y agoMultitasking
- myaccountonhn 2y agoMaybe tighter integration with guix? So that you can control your entire os (you’re using exwm right) just using one language
- systems 2y agothere is a presentation on youtube (a new one) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjC162DnsKI&t=594s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjC162DnsKI&t=594s for me the most interesting point, guile will allow emacs to be more lispy, replace c code with guile code and integrate with CLISP and CLISP libraries
- davexunit 2y agoOne example that comes to mind is the delimited continuation primitive (what Guile calls a "prompt" [0]) that would allow for lightweight concurrency in elisp code, something that elisp is not good at today. [0] https://www.gnu.org/software/guile/manual/html_node/Prompts.html https://www.gnu.org/software/guile/manual/html_node/Prompts....