AGagumonkey·Feb 14, 2016
Emacs grabbed my attention soon [1], I used to spend a huge amount of time on almost all aspects of it. Now, I don't care[2]. Turns out editors are a waste of time, at least if you consider them so[3]. Brilliant algorithms are short in characters.
That said, Emacs is a full fledged system giving you a lot[4], if you're willing and able to use that lever you'll be happy. Lastly, Emacs survived for decades, it can swallow most interesting ideas that comes (ligthtable ? checked https://github.com/Fuco1/litable https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mNO-vgq3Avg).
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[1] It's syntactic system is powerful enough to feel different and more solid (important) than other editors at the time (before Eclipse and IDEA). It was repl-friendly, another factor that talked to my mind.
[2] It's still the 2nd most used program on my machine after chromium .. may
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be even a tie.
[3] Learn hard things, fundamentals (parsing, compilation, optimization, paradigms), learn how to help yourself (see G.Bernhardt talk about unix chainsaw[3]) in all possible ways.
[4] its open keybinding trie is still something that I miss in most programs and I try to port a subset of it everytime I design a UI. It's also based on a lisp, so enjoy using alien tools from the future. Btw, its git interface (magit) blows Eclipse one out of the water for instance, most people wouldn't suspect how efficient it is compared to heavy 'pro' tools.