evacideJun 14, 2023

Please enjoy this niche Emacs humor. If you are GenX and have worked in the tech industry, there is a very good chance that you have been this person at some point in your life:

https://youtu.be/urcL86UpqZc

Interview with an Emacs Enthusiast [Colorized]

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Show threadEllie

@evacide Look. I know how to exit Emacs, and that's about it.

(Open another terminal, ps -ef | grep emacs, kill -9.)

Jun 14, 2023 at 6:23pmWeb
Show threadTito SwinefluJun 14, 2023
@ellie @evacide OMG! This one made me laugh out loud at my desk.
Show threadKen BruckerJun 14, 2023
@ellie @evacide allow me introduce you to: pkill -9 emacs
Show threadEllieJun 14, 2023
@sigsegv @evacide On machines new enough to me to have EDITOR set wrong, pkill is rarely installed. But sure, if you've got it use it.
Show threadJesse ArnoldJun 14, 2023
@ellie @sigsegv @evacide hilarious because: why would you exit Emacs?
Show threadStenJun 14, 2023
@ellie @evacide Now do vim
Show threadMarcos DioneJun 15, 2023
@ellie @evacide I have one for you: `pkill -9 emacs` :)