nylOct 18, 2023

Is GNU Emacs still worth it?

https://lemmy.opensupply.space/post/7543

Is GNU Emacs still worth it? - Open Supply

Seems like with all AI-enabling and just works out of the box experiences with VSCode and alike GNU Emacs is becoming absolete. I’m aware of AI packages for GNU Emacs, but don’t think is worth the investiement so much; I would mostly save it for org mode, TUI, and some other few packages. But for programming, it doesn’t seem lile worth the investlent, and use VSCode instead.

Show threadPlatypusOct 18, 2023

Is it the right tool for every job? Probably not any more, but it’s still the right tool for many.

I have migrated to VSCode for most of my daily dev work because its language support is undeniably better (especially on a corp machine), but I always keep an emacs window open for a whole bunch of different stuff:

  • ephemeral todo lists
  • plaintext and markdown editing
  • quick-and-dirty Python or shell scripting
  • project planning via org And all the other weird little stuff that falls through the cracks of an editor but super easy in emacs
Show threadrhabarba

I have migrated to VSCode for most of my daily dev work because its language support is undeniably better

GNU Emacs’s auto-indentation is superb. Nothing comes even close.

Oct 19, 2023 at 12:26pmWeb
Show threadParetoOptimalDevOct 23, 2023
Can you give an example of a specific language where emacs auto indent is better besides lisp?
Show threadrhabarbaOct 23, 2023
Go and Rust, from what I remember. I haven’t touched VS Code in a while, but I seriously doubt that the current version can indent any language better than GNU Emacs does. I’m open for being proven wrong, of course.