Re:Emacs Is Not Enough
by some-mthfka on Saturday January 14, 2023 @08:13AM
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> you need a database, not a spreadsheet
Exactly, a custom structure, a custom object. That's my point. And that point is: the ability to specialize on custom structures, which are unavoidable if you are to keep your sanity.
But why are you complaining about that. Who told you that it would be a good idea to use Emacs instead of a database? Why did you ever come to that conclusion?
Re:Emacs Is Not Enough
by some-mthfka on Saturday January 14, 2023 @08:32AM
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Because it's often claimed than Emacs can do everything. Or, if not claimed, than assumed. And if not assumed, people go and try to do this stuff anyway. I gave an example of an object-oriented spreadsheet in my article.
You can't stop people from trying, but that's just the wrong paradigm to try those things. My point: we can still have an environment that can do all of these things. Embed a spreadsheet and interface a database textually. Why, is what emacs giving us really the end of it, you think? Because I don't.
You must have misread those claims.
Re:Emacs Is Not Enough
by some-mthfka on Saturday January 14, 2023 @12:17PM
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Yeah, right : D
In any case: there are quite obvious limitations, and, to me, they weren't very apparent when I started out in Emacs.
I find that whenever people complain that Emacs is slow or janky, it is usually because they have configured too much stuff to run all of the time. They got excited by the possibilities and downloaded every single shiny package they could find. After a few years of downloading shiny packages Emacs just isn’t fast any more, and so they blame Emacs.