Opinion: RMS Does Not See the Future of Emacs

Re:Opinion: RMS Does Not See the Future of Emacs by sacks2k on Saturday November 28, 2020 @01:16PM (#25239286)

His problem is that he is so blinded by his ideology, nothing else matters. He is optimizing for this ideology (freedom of code) and not making it easier for new users or even the growth of the community.

I stopped using Emacs long ago for things that make my life much easier as a developer, like VSCode. Now, with the ability to remotely save code over SSH, I don't even need to edit anything directly on the server.

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Re:Opinion: RMS Does Not See the Future of Emacs by Arnt on Saturday November 28, 2020 @03:53PM (#25240453)

I did that using emacs 25 years ago, and it wasn't even a new feature at the time.

Back then the package was called ange-ftp. It was superseded by something called efs (same author), then later by something else, which I still use occasionally.

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Re:Opinion: RMS Does Not See the Future of Emacs by bitwize on Monday November 30, 2020 @01:55AM (#25251324)

I was doing that years before VSCode was even a thing. In tramp-mode. In Emacs.

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Re:Opinion: RMS Does Not See the Future of Emacs by db48x on Saturday November 28, 2020 @03:45PM (#25240389)

For you, as for many, convenience trumps liberty. Don't try to force everyone else to act the same way.

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Re:Opinion: RMS Does Not See the Future of Emacs by sacks2k on Saturday November 28, 2020 @04:02PM (#25240514)

Well, VSCode is open source. You can also emulate many of the same features as EMACS.

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Re:Opinion: RMS Does Not See the Future of Emacs by db48x on Saturday November 28, 2020 @05:26PM (#25241075)

https://code.visualstudio.com/license is most definitely not an open source license.

I quote:

Unless applicable law gives you more rights despite this limitation, you may use the software only as expressly permitted in this agreement. In doing so, you must comply with any technical limitations in the software that only allow you to use it in certain ways. You may not

    * reverse engineer, decompile or disassemble the software, or otherwise attempt to derive the source code for the software except and solely to the extent required by third party licensing terms governing use of certain open source components that may be included in the software;
    * remove, minimize, block or modify any notices of Microsoft or its suppliers in the software;
    * use the software in any way that is against the law;
    * share, publish, rent or lease the software, or provide the software as a stand-alone offering for others to use.

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