Re:Making Emacs Popular Again
by thayne on Friday May 08, 2020 @02:06AM
(#23111867)
> but switched to Emacs because it has better support for completion, etc. while having nearly perfect vi emulation
I switched to emacs for similar reasons (plus the fact that it supported embedded repls that actually worked). But eventually switched to neovim, because it could do things like completion and repls. vim 8 can now as well.
> I try VS Code every now and then, but I always stop because of two reasons: incomplete vi(m) emulation and the latency feels really bad compared to Emacs/vi.
> Would like to switch otherwise, but non-leaky vi support and good latency are essentials.
Same. Also start-up time. I love typing `v <filename>` in a terminal and instantly getting an editor. Lower memory usage is also nice.
I switched to emacs for similar reasons (plus the fact that it supported embedded repls that actually worked). But eventually switched to neovim, because it could do things like completion and repls. vim 8 can now as well.
> I try VS Code every now and then, but I always stop because of two reasons: incomplete vi(m) emulation and the latency feels really bad compared to Emacs/vi.
> Would like to switch otherwise, but non-leaky vi support and good latency are essentials.
Same. Also start-up time. I love typing `v <filename>` in a terminal and instantly getting an editor. Lower memory usage is also nice.