Re:Making Emacs Popular Again
by m463 on Friday May 08, 2020 @05:48AM
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I was going to say pong. Or fireplace. Or maybe the same experience on macos or linux or editing files on an embedded router remotely with tramp.
But really the customization is the use case.
just some examples:
I have written a few specialized diff functions. diff two directories, diff 20 files, diff what I have vs checked in. many different comment-out-a-region functions. remote compile. local compile, but build this part of a project or build it this way. every language I code in has customizations, for indent, for tabs, for colors, several "insert a debug printf".
They are all silly and redundant of no consequence. I frequently rewrite them or throw them away depending on the project I'm working on.
they are meta-silly even: f2 will rotate through editing my 3 startup files.
However - when the time gets tight and I have to do something on a schedule, I'm not grinding through some other person's decision of what is best, I'm just doing it. I also get better at it with time.
But really the customization is the use case.
just some examples:
I have written a few specialized diff functions. diff two directories, diff 20 files, diff what I have vs checked in. many different comment-out-a-region functions. remote compile. local compile, but build this part of a project or build it this way. every language I code in has customizations, for indent, for tabs, for colors, several "insert a debug printf".
They are all silly and redundant of no consequence. I frequently rewrite them or throw them away depending on the project I'm working on.
they are meta-silly even: f2 will rotate through editing my 3 startup files.
However - when the time gets tight and I have to do something on a schedule, I'm not grinding through some other person's decision of what is best, I'm just doing it. I also get better at it with time.