195 sats \ 2 replies \ @orthzar 24 Sep 2023 \ parent \ on: Which desktop applications do you use the most? tech
I think it took me a few months of using just Emacs to get comfortable with it. Two things helped in the process:
- I printed a cheatsheet and taped it next to my monitor; and
- I read tutorials whenever I couldn't figure out how to do something.
A side benefit to learning Emacs is that some of the key combinations are also used in Bash (e.g. C-/ for undo).
I would say that learning to use Emacs is like learning to ride a bicycle, but a bicycle can't act as your entire userland.
My first ever programming mentor was a big emacs guy. A lot of our work involved several computers so we'd ssh around a lot and I was always jealous of him never losing his editing experience.
a bicycle can't act as your entire userland.
This. I want to be this crazy.
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A lot of our work involved several computers so we'd ssh around a lot and I was always jealous of him never losing his editing experience.
I wind up doing a bunch of editing in a browser, but I hadn't considered trying to do all that into Emacs. I should spend some time with this interactive REST client, since the system I'm working with also has a REST API.
a bicycle can't act as your entire userland.
This. I want to be this crazy.
Well shoot, half of my projects are at least that crazy. I guess I'm already half-way there.
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