Re:Ask HN: Why do you still use Emacs/Vim?
by geoka9 on Tuesday November 20, 2018 @01:17PM
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Emacs, for the following reasons:
1) Key chords/features have become a second nature. I've tried using Idea when working on legacy Scala/Java codebases and its Emacs compatibility mode caused a lot of frustration: enough key bindings implemented to make me forget it's not Emacs and then fall hard on my face when I tried using a more advanced Emacs-ism without thinking.
2) Latency. Again, tried using Idea and couldn't get used to the feeling of it being sluggish compared to Emacs. It's like listening to a low bitrate MP3 or something.
1) Key chords/features have become a second nature. I've tried using Idea when working on legacy Scala/Java codebases and its Emacs compatibility mode caused a lot of frustration: enough key bindings implemented to make me forget it's not Emacs and then fall hard on my face when I tried using a more advanced Emacs-ism without thinking.
2) Latency. Again, tried using Idea and couldn't get used to the feeling of it being sluggish compared to Emacs. It's like listening to a low bitrate MP3 or something.