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IDEmacs: A Visual Studio Code clone for Emacs

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301 points nogajun | 2 comments | 16 Nov 25 00:56 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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charcircuit ◴[16 Nov 25 04:01 UTC] No.45942646[source]▶
I would really like to see this kind of work be done upstream. Emacs still looks the same as it did decades ago despite other editors advancing and becoming more user friendly.
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stackghost ◴[16 Nov 25 04:33 UTC] No.45942795[source]▶
A huge portion of the emacs community seems resistant to any UI improvement. I think it's a counterculture thing.
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1. komali2 ◴[16 Nov 25 06:33 UTC] No.45943220[source]▶
It's because a lot of us resist the implicit argument that UI changes are automatically improvement when in fact it's just as often regression.
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2. brabel ◴[16 Nov 25 07:36 UTC] No.45943415[source]▶
Yep. Look at IntelliJ. It just copied VsCode when it already had a great UI where things were easy to find and consistent. Now it’s got meaningless icons and hides important stuff by default, making it modern but far worse than before. Thank goodness emacs is not trying to chase the latest and stupidest.