“Implement text editor DOM updates manually instead of via React”

Re:“Implement text editor DOM updates manually instead of vi... by grandalf on Friday February 27, 2015 @12:43AM (#9117372)

Atom is awesome, but it feels like they are reinventing emacs only without terminal support and much slower.

I use both editors but find myself continuing to go back to emacs b/c of a few features that I can't do without.

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Re:“Implement text editor DOM updates manually instead of vi... by fumonko on Friday February 27, 2015 @03:43AM (#9117853)

likewise. Out of curiosity, which features are you referring to?

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Re:“Implement text editor DOM updates manually instead of vi... by taeric on Friday February 27, 2015 @11:43AM (#9119780)

Speaking for myself, of course. TRAMP (especially with eshell and grep), IDO, magit, effortless buffer splits, org-mode, inline execution of elisp.

I am also rather used to the command set now. To the point that it just feels natural to jump around a file with emacs. ace-jump-mode is also good. Even something as simple as subword-mode is awesome.

Really, TRAMP has been the killer feature for me lately. The way it enhances grep results is ridiculously useful.

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Re:“Implement text editor DOM updates manually instead of vi... by grandalf on Friday February 27, 2015 @02:43PM (#9120857)

I like indent-region and the simplicity of C-x b to switch buffers.

I do think Atom has the potential to really go beyond what emacs has accomplished b/c more people know js/coffee than elisp, but emacs is also a moving target and has become a lot better than it was 10 years go.

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