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Re:Emacs in the Age of Magic by johanvts on Wednesday November 11, 2026 @06:24PM (#50460414)
Emacs is not an advanced text editor, it's more like an OS. I run Claude Code inside emacs (with the claude-code-ide package). I seriously think LLMs will usher in a new golden era for emacs because you can now reap all the benefits without having to learn elisp.
Re:Emacs in the Age of Magic by pmontra on Wednesday November 11, 2026 @06:40PM (#50460624)
I did, with another package, but running Claude inside a terminal has no glitches and I seldom have to edit code anymore. I'm using emacs almost only to edit md files in which I make Claude write analysis and plans. I make changes, add clarifications, we iterate. Most of the times the chat is enough. I remember that I discovered that I broke Ruby autocompletion only weeks after I did (I investigated the cause.) Maybe notepad would be enough but I stick to emacs. I am about to get to 40 years of marriage with it.
Re:Emacs in the Age of Magic by 0c3ca83 on Wednesday November 11, 2026 @10:26PM (#50462679)
Yeah. AIs let you exist without learning. A great advance for the brainless.
Re:Emacs in the Age of Magic by q4y2u35uk on Thursday November 12, 2026 @01:20AM (#50463704)
If everyone is just vibe coding elisp, who is left to learn it deeply and push it forward as a language and ecosystem? Or is AI just going to do that too. Very unfortunate world we live in
Re:Emacs in the Age of Magic by niceguy1827 on Thursday November 12, 2026 @10:46PM (#50477988)
Who cares? Do you know how a carburetor works?
Re:Emacs in the Age of Magic by 0c3ca83 on Friday November 13, 2026 @09:19AM (#50483861)
Yes, do you not?
Re:Emacs in the Age of Magic by hobo123 on Thursday November 12, 2026 @12:43PM (#50471149)
AIs will also assist you with any learning you want to do.
Re:Emacs in the Age of Magic by 0c3ca83 on Thursday November 12, 2026 @06:02PM (#50475671)
They'll sabotage you while you fool yourself into thinking you're learning.

Again, a great advance for the brainless.