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trip-zip | 6 months ago

Emacs users have all the fun. And just like eve online or dwarf fortress, I can't seem to get fully into them myself, but I love reading stories about it.

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entropie|6 months ago

Maybe give RimWorld a try.

I took three approaches for me over a span of two years to really get into emacs. It was pretty tough (a time before google was a thing).

Now iam spoiled - I recently tried vscode a bit and really was baffled because it seems there is no kill ring like the one in emacs that makes it basically impossible to lose any edits.

precompute|6 months ago

Try RimWorld only if you're sure it won't nerd-snipe you.

loloquwowndueo|6 months ago

Doesn’t it have unlimited undo? Savages! (I have never in my life used vscode, hope it shows).

herewulf|6 months ago

Best way to get into it is to pick one use case and stick with that for a while. Before you know it, you will want more.

For me it was org mode (with evil mode because I was coming from 15+ years of Vim). Then..

"Oh, I can manage files and edit a directory like a file buffer.."

"Oh, I can SSH into systems and edit files but it doesn't even feel like SSH.."

"Oh, this makes a great, distraction free IDE.."

I recommend a batteries included distro like Doom Emacs or Space Emacs.

kleinishere|6 months ago

Have you stuck with Doom/Space and evil key bindings or been pulled over to a more vanilla setup?