Re:A CEO's Guide to Emacs (2015)
by patrick451 on Wednesday May 11, 2022 @02:44AM
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We should also make vim non-modal by default. Pressing characters and not getting output? Now __that__ is weird. I can't believe anybody new even tries it.
Re:A CEO's Guide to Emacs (2015)
by slightwinder on Wednesday May 11, 2022 @05:46AM
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Modal-modes are beneficial. But Emacs differences are mostly just different, not beneficial. And it's not as if vim and it's forks are not being modernized...
Being different too much can be bad too. Emacs has not much big fails, but many small things which lead to being bad by thousand little cuts.
> When I read it I find myself assuming that you're dismissing the experiences of people whose context starts before yours.
Why does it matter? Nobody want's to take your emacs from you. The discussion is always about bringing in new people, and why people leave emacs. And that emacs has a problem with this is not new. Emacs is always swinging between hype and death, and it's not like this has become much better over time.