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As far as discoverability goes, I think it's hard to beat Emacs, once you figure out what's going on. The big step is to start using it like a terminal, and Al
by jasonm23 14y ago
As far as discoverability goes, I think it's hard to beat Emacs, once you figure out what's going on.
The big step is to start using it like a terminal, and Alt-x (M-x) is the way to begin this...
Everything is Tab completable, and fuzzy matched, granted the lexicon is a little different, but it's not very difficult if you're prepared to read a bit.
The fact that you can type:
M-x describe-function
And the get docs for any function in Emacs is really amazing, and something that completely reveals its true nature, Emacs is a huge library of lisp functions...
And after 30 years or so huge really does mean huge.
So frankly, forget all about Sublime and learn Emacs, it doesn't demand a Vim modal operating mode (but it'll provide one if you want it) it doesn't berate you if you want to use the mouse.
It has undergone a huge amount of recent development too, and new packages are being released every day, thanks to elpa / package.el
- fusiongyro 14y ago> As far as discoverability goes, I think it's hard to beat Emacs, once you figure out what's going on. This contradiction perfectly explains everything that's wrong with Emacs.