[ilovecaching]

This is why I stick to a terminal based editor. You can use it practically anywhere with minimal resource usage. You can use it remotely so any machine is your workstation. You can use it on a machine without a GUI at all.

With the new AI plugins I doubt even Jet Brains will be able to offer much over what Vim and Emacs can provide with fugitive, magit, fzf, etc. providing best in class features while still running on actual terminals.

[goldfeld]

As regards both AI plugins as you mention, and “Emacs anywhere”, I compiled a list of Emacs ChatGPT plugins[0] along with each having an easy issue/tasks for others to help linked below, and on the next installment of this newsletter I’m planning to feature among more AI plugins things like controlling Firefox from within Emacs (if I can reach that plug-in’s author to get permission to feature.)

0: https://generativereview.substack.com/p/tasks-open-source-em...

[FullyFunctional]

I have state-of-the-art gear and I mostly do everything in the terminal. Why? Because I run months long sessions in tmux that I attach to from all sorts of places and machines, including whatever notebook my youngest left around or from my phone (via Terminus) to quickly check on something.

Being able to resume exactly where I left off is more important to me than fancy colors and fonts (and the mouse to too slow and imprecise anyway).

[kagevf]

ssh with tmux make a good default, and lately I have been trying out tramp with slime-connect and am excited about using that combo more.

[gustavorg]

I think there is no problem using an editor like VisualCode or Notepad++. But you should have an editor like Emacs or in my case VI at hand. It is a lethal weapon to solve any problem in inhospitable environments where speed and power are required. I want to believe that VI or Emacs is like that gun that James Bond or Jim West has up his sleeve, and at the push of a button it deploys to your hand in case of emergency. Subtle, fast, and effective in emergencies.

[_glass]

yes, so true. as an avid Emacs user, still, I love vi for being available everywhere and impressing people on production machines to adjust config files. somehow the muscle memory of my teenage years is still there. a weapon for a more noble age.

[jrootabega]

You can sandbox it more easily, too.