Deciding What Functions To Do In Emacs

Extremeaxe5 has a question:

For me the answer is simple. If I can do it in Emacs, I do do it in Emacs. Actually, that’s not quite right. I suppose I could browse the Web from Emacs but that just doesn’t work well enough to make it worthwhile most of the time. Other than Web browsing I can’t think of anything that I could do in Emacs that I’m not doing in Emacs.

Mike Zamansky has his own answer: “If I can do it better in Emacs I use Emacs. Otherwise, I use Emacs.” Many other commenters agree.

The reasons for staying within Emacs as much as possible are well known and I’ve written about them before. The big ones for me are avoiding context switches and leveraging my Emacs muscle memory. Emacs über alles isn’t for everyone, of course, but has become a way of life for many of us. I’ve come to feel vaguely uncomfortable if I find myself entering text outside of Emacs.

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