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Why emacs (alien.top)
submitted 1 year ago by PrezirePlayz@alien.top to c/emacs
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Why not just use vscode if you want a more featured experience, and vim/neovim if you want a minimalistic experience?

(not including the fact that Microsoft owns vscode and that some parts are not open source, im aware of that, so no need to mention it)

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[–] Nondv@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

i think the real competition here is vim.

vscode is a user-friendly editor that you just start using as a no brainer. You unlikely to learn more as you go (maybe a couple of shortcuts). So you get what you see pretty much

vscode is like a lego set. Emacs is more like a piece of marble. Harder to work with but has so much more potential.

and btw, vscode is the minimalist here

[–] github-alphapapa@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Emacs is more like a piece of marble. Harder to work with but has so much more potential.

More like a ball of clay: infinitely and trivially malleable. And you can bake parts of it into ceramic whenever you want.

[–] Nondv@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

well, thats too ambitious. But whatever