Emacs Is Not Just an Editor

Re:Emacs Is Not Just an Editor by throw2311 on Sunday March 12, 2023 @08:46PM (#35128956)

An editor with macros is not an editor in modern parlance any more than yanking and killing are copy and paste.

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Re:Emacs Is Not Just an Editor by emodendroket on Sunday March 12, 2023 @09:07PM (#35129209)

So, in other words, it is? I mean yanking and killing are cut and paste by any reasonable standard.

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Re:Emacs Is Not Just an Editor by throw2311 on Monday March 13, 2023 @05:30AM (#35133225)

Apart from the fact you have a kill ring you can edit like any other file sure. In the same vein a car is a tricycle.

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Re:Emacs Is Not Just an Editor by Jtsummers on Sunday March 12, 2023 @08:48PM (#35128979)

What is an editor in "modern parlance" then?

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Re:Emacs Is Not Just an Editor by throw2311 on Sunday March 12, 2023 @08:52PM (#35129023)

Something that let's you press keys really fast.

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Re:Emacs Is Not Just an Editor by Jtsummers on Sunday March 12, 2023 @08:54PM (#35129049)

So how is an editor with macros not "[s]omething that let's you press keys really fast"?

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Re:Emacs Is Not Just an Editor by txru on Monday March 13, 2023 @02:30AM (#35131883)

This is such a flamebait-y throwaway

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