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In the Age of AI Writing Tools, I Picked Emacs for My Sci-Fi Novel (itsfoss.com)

submitted 2 weeks ago by cm0002@europe.pub to c/emacs

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[–] clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

I've never used it. I like VIM a great deal, but there's certainly room for improvement. Emacs would be a big change and I'm scared. I'm constantly learning about my system and how to do things, and I don't know if I have brain space to learn a new text editor too.

[–] sin_free_for_00_days@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 weeks ago

I don’t know if I have brain space to learn a new text editor too.

That is pretty much what has stopped me from even attempting to learn emacs over the years.

[–] SethBrown@linuxrocks.online 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

@clay_pidgin @sin_free_for_00_days

Clay, my fren, I'm 67 years old, brain space rotting away more every day ☺

I agree that Emacs is different but it's different in a good way. Also, some smart person made a vim emulation mode for Emacs. Actually, I think there are several vim emulators.

End result is that I haven't had to re-learn new key bindings; I just use the same vi/vim key bindings I've used for 40 years.

Like "Green Eggs and Ham", Try it, you'll like it. ☺

https://youtu.be/VlVl/_5RyG3M

[–] clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 weeks ago

I'll check this out, thank you very much.