Re:The values of Emacs, the Neovim revolution, and the VSCod...
by intrasight on Monday January 18, 2021 @02:41PM
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My holiday project was to re-tool my development environment. I am going to try using both VS Code and Emacs on my current .Net 5 project. I installed the Emacs keybindings extension for VS Code. I upgraded from an ancient version of Emacs to version 27. I do really want to do development in both so as to decide what works best for me.
Emacs configuration is a labor of love as any Emacs user can attest to. I'm already at 50 hours and guestimate that I've got another 20 hours to go before it's where I'd like it to be. This has required multiple tech support discussions on Stack Overflow and Github and Reddit. I constantly ask myself if it's worth it, and only time will tell. But I've been using Emacs for 30 years and it's a tough habit to break. Still, I can easily justify the effort as I'll be using Emacs until my last keystroke. The open question is will I be using it for C#/.Net development.
I do wish to give VS Code a fair go. And certainly it makes sense to be proficient in that editor.
Emacs configuration is a labor of love as any Emacs user can attest to. I'm already at 50 hours and guestimate that I've got another 20 hours to go before it's where I'd like it to be. This has required multiple tech support discussions on Stack Overflow and Github and Reddit. I constantly ask myself if it's worth it, and only time will tell. But I've been using Emacs for 30 years and it's a tough habit to break. Still, I can easily justify the effort as I'll be using Emacs until my last keystroke. The open question is will I be using it for C#/.Net development.
I do wish to give VS Code a fair go. And certainly it makes sense to be proficient in that editor.