Should I Learn To Use Emacs?
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Anonymous 2011-08-04 2:41
Hey, /prog/ noob here, currently learning Python, Javascript and interested in learning Perl. I'm using Gedit at the moment, but I always hear people say how emacs is the king of editors, I downloaded it and it it looks amazing, but the learning curve looks steep as shit. I've been both advised to learn it, and told that it's too complex to learn now.
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Anonymous 2011-08-04 3:52
Vim is the king of editors.
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Anonymous 2011-08-04 3:53
I use Emacs for Lisp-related stuff. It's a nice editor, but if you don't have any modes you'd want to use, it'd probably be only as useful as a regular editor, unless you want an OS.
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Anonymous
2011-08-04 4:57
Try Textmate. Watch the screencasts.
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Anonymous 2011-08-04 5:49
Emacs, Conkeror, StumpWMNO EXCEPTIONS
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Anonymous 2011-08-04 6:41
>>5
Emacs, KeySnail, ratpoison
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Anonymous
2011-08-04 10:32
gedit, firefox, metacity
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Anonymous
2011-08-04 10:38
If you want to learn emacs, go for it. It's a decent operating system only lacks an editor.
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Anonymous
2011-08-04 10:39
ed is the standart editor.
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Anonymous 2011-08-04 10:49
mocrosofto wordo
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Anonymous 2011-08-04 11:02
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Anonymous 2011-08-04 11:04
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Dio Brando 2011-08-04 11:09
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Anonymous
2011-08-04 18:22
Enjoy your carpal tunnel syndrome.vim.
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Anonymous 2011-08-04 18:34
I don't like having to write long M-x-commands to perform actions I could perform in one keypress in Vim. If everything was mapped to keys Emacs would be much better.
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Anonymous 2011-08-04 18:40
>>15
C-h f global-set-key RET
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Anonymous 2011-08-04 18:41
>>16
Vim has a key for that.
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Anonymous 2011-08-04 18:48
>>17
The key sequence must look like
VALID PERL CODE .
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Anonymous
2011-08-04 19:28
Personally, I like EMACS. I use it mainly for Lisp but overall I find it to be a great editor.
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Anonymous 2011-08-04 19:59
>>17
And you can make a key for that in emacs, obviously.
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Anonymous
2011-08-04 20:02
>>20
In Vim you don't have to make a key for that.
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Anonymous 2011-08-04 20:04
>>21
you just have to look it up and remember it
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Anonymous 2011-08-04 20:08
>>14-22
Take the Vim vs Emacs wars back to
Usenet , ``please''
!
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Anonymous
2011-08-04 20:28
If it ain't vim it's shit.
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Anonymous 2011-08-04 21:49
it's all good to use emacs until you realize you might have to program on a computer that isn't yours, that you haven't set up all your emacs macros.
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Anonymous 2011-08-04 22:46
>>25
Anyone who wants to program for a living is either:
A) Fucking retarded (there are little to no ``good" programming jobs)
B) Fucking brilliant (most if not all of the good programming jobs are taken by these guys)
C) Indian
For everyone else, this issue is nonexistent.
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Anonymous 2011-08-05 4:00
>>26
Or, or, or... they may just genuinely enjoy programming and not care about the money.
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Anonymous 2011-08-05 4:22
>>27
wants to program for a living
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Anonymous 2011-08-05 10:54
>>28
Jealous, functional programmer?
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Anonymous 2011-08-05 11:19
Functional programmers can't get paid since mutating their balance in their bank account is considered harmful.
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Anonymous 2011-08-05 11:42
>>30
instance Monad BankAccount where ...
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Anonymous
2011-08-05 13:54
>>1
I downloaded [Emacs] and it it looks amazing
Troll.
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Anonymous 2011-08-05 13:56
>>32
Erm... what? I downloaded GNU Emacs, I don't see what you're calling trolling.
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Anonymous
2011-08-05 14:01
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Anonymous 2011-08-05 14:13
>>32,34
Back to /g/, please
!
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Anonymous 2011-08-05 14:32
>>32,34
Remember to
sage your posts for the benefit of all
/prog/ users.
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Anonymous 2011-08-06 6:16
That depends. Are you faggot who wants cocks in all of his holes including nostrils? Then yes. Learning Esuxx is a good think