Post AJjEftze0NaBiK2bCK by lyrabon@equestria.social
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(DIR) Post #AJjAZQrJ0vUlnhnfIu by leo@twit.social
2022-05-23T00:52:52Z
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The best time to start learning emacs was 20 years ago. The second best time is now.
(DIR) Post #AJjEftze0NaBiK2bCK by lyrabon@equestria.social
2022-05-23T01:38:46Z
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@leo 🎼 Did eMacs have evil-mode 20 years ago? Chorded key commands don’t work with hoofsies. 🦄
(DIR) Post #AJjF4KHju7eKCs9QbA by IcyShark@twit.social
2022-05-23T01:43:13Z
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@leo only after you have mastered #vim !
(DIR) Post #AJjLEAlkjqKlJYGg9g by terrorskull@twit.social
2022-05-23T02:52:13Z
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@leo It was about that time that my engineering school was telling me to learn vi instead of emacs.
(DIR) Post #AJjgEfprKhpIhaGjey by DarkWraithLord@mastodon.social
2022-05-23T06:47:42Z
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@leo Thinking of taking up Cobol now as I hear there are a lot of good paying jobs with programmers retiring.
(DIR) Post #AJkUV0FEDPJCLE7Bke by Downes@mastodon.social
2022-05-23T16:10:51Z
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@leo Putting the earbuds on, tuning to yesterday's TWIT, and starting my bicycle ride...
(DIR) Post #AJkg9G2nzUrcQEhZPU by n1vux@mastodon.radio
2022-05-23T18:21:23Z
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@leo that depends on the state of your wrists, i guess. i learned Emacs well more than 20y ago, and gave it up 15 years ago because multiple shift keys makes things worse for me.
(DIR) Post #AJkn7GKcePhSPh1zjU by msh@coales.co
2022-05-23T19:39:44Z
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@leo it should be noted that once you start learning emacs you never stop. It is a lifetime commitment. Even if you stop *using* emacs you may accidentally learn something about it on occasion.
(DIR) Post #AJl95h0mgM1NZYPOpE by leo@twit.social
2022-05-23T23:45:56Z
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@msh I'm actively learning emacs now and will continue for the rest of my life. And LOVING it! I'm just mad I didn't discover it decades ago.
(DIR) Post #AJlADobGS775NVuPhY by pete@fedi.pimoore.ca
2022-05-23T23:58:16Z
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@leo Unless you’re interested in building your own emacs configuration from scratch — an even bigger rabbit hole than learning the software itself — I’d highly suggest Doom Emacs. It has a remarkable amount of functionality out of the box, but is so heavily optimized that despite all that it loads and runs incredibly fast.https://github.com/doomemacs/doomemacs
(DIR) Post #AJtOIccxHX2rIdOfdw by BlenderRender@mastodon.online
2022-05-27T23:13:46Z
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@leo @msh I am curious to know why you like it. I tried emacs a few weeks ago. I am sure it's worth it but I could not figure out what that would be. Taking notes felt like a chore compared to easy to use note taking apps.
(DIR) Post #AJuZ3ouC6xfhwNLW76 by floyduk@twit.social
2022-05-28T12:48:58Z
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@leo I started using Emacs at Uni, probably 30 or more years ago now. I used it for years after uni but my use trailed off and I completely stopped about 10 years ago.
(DIR) Post #AKf1V9KXzMRH4BbbVY by JojoDancer@twit.social
2022-06-19T22:43:37Z
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@leo The best thing is to use VI and forget about everything else.