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IDEmacs: A Visual Studio Code clone for Emacs

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301 points nogajun | 1 comments | 16 Nov 25 00:56 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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pronik ◴[16 Nov 25 12:03 UTC] No.45944469[source]▶
Whoever thinks that VSCode does not have any learning curve or is somehow magically easy, needs to take a reality check, that thing is overwhelming with all its popups, hovers, sidebars etc. beyond all reason when you first run it (and later too). I'm an Emacs user and I don't in any way support the notion it's somehow easy or intuitively workable, it's most definitely not and never has been. I just think that VSCode is not it either, it's just the more popular tool right now.
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1. jrm4 ◴[16 Nov 25 17:28 UTC] No.45946773[source]▶
Here's the thing (as someone who did Emacs for a year and then gave it up)

The possibility and ease of interoperability with other general program styles is far more important that the idea is given.

Look, there are too many other good tools out there that do things like have a standard file picker, use CUA bindings etc. This is primarily why I left Emacs for non programmy things (and am happier with a hacked zim-wiki, though I imagine obsidian et al might work too)