Re:Doing Hard Things While Living Life: Why We Built Vade St...
by iLemming on Saturday January 11, 2025 @04:13PM
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> basic, functioning editing environment
Different priorities. For me, "basic, functioning editing environment" means stuff like indirect buffers - which not a single other modern, popular editor offers.
> Emacs is not a magic machine that can do things no other software can do.
In some cases, it literally just that. So while not literally magical, Emacs enables workflows and capabilities that can feel transformative and, yes, almost magical to its users. The "magic" comes from its architecture and philosophy. I can easily list dozens of use cases I've adopted in my workflow that are simply impractical to even try to replicate in other editors.
One can criticize pretty much any software product. Yet Emacs still falls in the category of "successful systems that have been maintained for ages". Anyway, we're getting sidetracked. My main point in the comment wasn't about Emacs, the main point is in the last paragraph. Maybe you just didn't even get to it.
Different priorities. For me, "basic, functioning editing environment" means stuff like indirect buffers - which not a single other modern, popular editor offers.
> Emacs is not a magic machine that can do things no other software can do.
In some cases, it literally just that. So while not literally magical, Emacs enables workflows and capabilities that can feel transformative and, yes, almost magical to its users. The "magic" comes from its architecture and philosophy. I can easily list dozens of use cases I've adopted in my workflow that are simply impractical to even try to replicate in other editors.
One can criticize pretty much any software product. Yet Emacs still falls in the category of "successful systems that have been maintained for ages". Anyway, we're getting sidetracked. My main point in the comment wasn't about Emacs, the main point is in the last paragraph. Maybe you just didn't even get to it.