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Emacs can be pretty pretty--perhaps not actively pretty, but very elegant in a minimalist sort of way. I'm pretty happy with how mine looks[1], for example. [1

by tikhonj 14y ago

Emacs can be pretty pretty--perhaps not actively pretty, but very elegant in a minimalist sort of way. I'm pretty happy with how mine looks[1], for example. [1]: http://jelv.is/emacs-blackboard.png http://jelv.is/emacs-blackboard.png Also, have you tried Evil? Apparently it's a very good Vim-emulation mode for Emacs, highly recommended over Viper.

ozataman 14y ago
Hah, Haskell! Also my primary choice of magic potion :-)
ths 14y ago
Indeed! I disagree with people who think vim and emacs are ugly: they have their own nice 8bit-esque aesthetic which I'd expect hackers to like, given that they've chosen to stare at terminals all day (I've rolled my own colorscheme for both vim and emacs). And they make good use of screen real-estate, very important when coding on a laptop. I haven't tried Evil, in my last emacs phase it wasn't mature yet IIRC - maybe I should give that a go and see if it tips the balance yet again.
jamesjporter 14y ago
Woah how do you get your status bar to have the > shapes like that? Looks very nice :)
- tikhonj 14y ago
  I'm using powerline.el[1]. It's an Emacs version of a Vim plugin. [1]: https://github.com/jonathanchu/emacs-powerline/blob/master/powerline.el https://github.com/jonathanchu/emacs-powerline/blob/master/p...
  - jamesjporter 14y ago
    Excellent, thanks! Here's to hoping I can get it to work with nyan-mode, the most important emacs plugin :P
irahul 14y ago
> Emacs can be pretty pretty--perhaps not actively pretty, but very elegant in a minimalist sort of way. I'm pretty happy with how mine looks[1], for example. Obligatory vim can be pretty too, and I am happy with how mine looks. http://i.imgur.com/ZC2xDxH.png http://i.imgur.com/ZC2xDxH.png On a related note, I like how my terminal vim looks better than how the GUI looks. I don't use emacs much, but same goes for emacs.
- ozataman 14y ago
  What's your theme, BTW? I also like your custom status bar shape.
  - irahul 14y ago
    > What's your theme, BTW? I also like your custom status bar shape. My screenshot doesn't have custom status bar shapes. GP does. Anyway, for that, you need powerline(available for both vim and emacs). My color theme is ir_black https://github.com/wgibbs/vim-irblack https://github.com/wgibbs/vim-irblack If you are using it in terminal, you also need to set up ir_black theme for the terminal.
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by tikhonj 14y ago

ozataman 14y ago

Hah, Haskell! Also my primary choice of magic potion :-)

ths 14y ago

Indeed! I disagree with people who think vim and emacs are ugly: they have their own nice 8bit-esque aesthetic which I'd expect hackers to like, given that they've chosen to stare at terminals all day (I've rolled my own colorscheme for both vim and emacs). And they make good use of screen real-estate, very important when coding on a laptop. I haven't tried Evil, in my last emacs phase it wasn't mature yet IIRC - maybe I should give that a go and see if it tips the balance yet again.

jamesjporter 14y ago

Woah how do you get your status bar to have the > shapes like that? Looks very nice :)

tikhonj 14y ago
I'm using powerline.el[1]. It's an Emacs version of a Vim plugin. [1]: https://github.com/jonathanchu/emacs-powerline/blob/master/powerline.el https://github.com/jonathanchu/emacs-powerline/blob/master/p...
- jamesjporter 14y ago
  Excellent, thanks! Here's to hoping I can get it to work with nyan-mode, the most important emacs plugin :P

irahul 14y ago

> Emacs can be pretty pretty--perhaps not actively pretty, but very elegant in a minimalist sort of way. I'm pretty happy with how mine looks[1], for example. Obligatory vim can be pretty too, and I am happy with how mine looks. http://i.imgur.com/ZC2xDxH.png http://i.imgur.com/ZC2xDxH.png On a related note, I like how my terminal vim looks better than how the GUI looks. I don't use emacs much, but same goes for emacs.

ozataman 14y ago
What's your theme, BTW? I also like your custom status bar shape.
- irahul 14y ago
  > What's your theme, BTW? I also like your custom status bar shape. My screenshot doesn't have custom status bar shapes. GP does. Anyway, for that, you need powerline(available for both vim and emacs). My color theme is ir_black https://github.com/wgibbs/vim-irblack https://github.com/wgibbs/vim-irblack If you are using it in terminal, you also need to set up ir_black theme for the terminal.
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