Re:Modern terminal-based text editor
by Blackthorn on Friday September 29, 2017 @09:52AM
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IntelliJ's GUI is 65535x better than Emacs's GUI. I'd rather have Emacs as the editor in IntelliJ than Emacs trying to deal with whatever information IntelliJ is providing.
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Doesn't change my assertion, though. If we want to hold up Emacs as being more embedable and playing more nicely with other programs, that same bar can be set for the other programs.
And this is largely up to each person. I personally loathe the IDEA GUI. And most any GUI. I will grant that they do better screenshots, but I will take what is effectively a super powerful terminal buffer any day.
Re:Modern terminal-based text editor
by Blackthorn on Friday September 29, 2017 @11:56AM
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The bar could be set for other programs, sure. But the question was only about why we use emacs and hate emacs.
It doesn't change your point at all, but I simply have a different opinion and was asked about it. I don't really care about embedding intellij, I just want to use emacs in other things.
Ah, completely fair. I was intending to offer a complimentary point, not necessarily to change your mind on this.
I do feel it is a rather personal choice. As I said, I don't care for the IDEA GUI, but I understand others do.