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Emacs is terrible

Name: Anonymous 2010-01-16 10:57

It's simply impossible to become as quick in Emacs as one might be in vim. I've been trying, I've really been trying hard to like Emacs, because I want a decent IDE for Lisp. But it's just terrible. The editor is always getting in my way.

I have a new purpose in life. To clone vim in Common Lisp. This isn't reinventing the wheel, because whatever vi-mode they have in Emacs is still corrupted. A new viitor must surface, pure and handsome, with all the Lisp-friendliness of Emacs and all the awesomeness of vi.

I just wanted to get this off my chest, /prog/.

Name: Anonymous 2010-01-17 7:25

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The reason why I said ``simply impossible'' has to do with the modal interface. Emacs' commands are just too long and involve too many key combinations. You can only get really quick in Emacs if you emulate vi, but Viper-mode is to vi what masturbation is to sex.

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