{"id":9393,"date":"2021-01-05T16:18:49","date_gmt":"2021-01-05T21:18:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/irreal.org\/blog\/?p=9393"},"modified":"2021-01-05T16:18:49","modified_gmt":"2021-01-05T21:18:49","slug":"why-you-should-learn-emacs-this-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/irreal.org\/blog\/?p=9393","title":{"rendered":"Why You Should Learn Emacs This Year"},"content":{"rendered":"

David Wilson over at the System Crafters YouTube channel is starting off the year with a video that gives you 5 Reasons to Learn Emacs in 2021<\/a>. He begins by noting that Emacs is not a text editor or at least not just<\/i> a text editor. That\u2019s not news to Emacs oldtimers, of course. As most of you know by now, I think of Emacs as a sort of lightweight version of a Lisp Machine<\/a> and the working\/development environment that they provided.<\/p>\n

Wilson has a Linux laptop so he can run EXWM<\/a>, which serves as an Emacs based window manager and increases the feeling of running in a Lisp Machine-like environment. All of that is important because it means you can customize your environment to be exactly what you want it to be. The source code is there, the documentation is there and they\u2019re both easily available right from Emacs. There\u2019s no need to be online or to go to an external site.<\/p>\n

Wilson also calls out the advantages of Emacs\u2019 keyboard-based UI. You can leave your mouse at home and still have full and easy control of your environment. That is, I suppose, even more true if you\u2019re running EXWM. Of course, if you\u2019re fond of rodents, Emacs supports your mouse just fine.<\/p>\n

Finally, there\u2019s Magit and Org-mode. They\u2019re most people\u2019s idea of Emacs\u2019 killer apps and Wilson spends a bit of time on Org and Magit demonstrating a few of their features.<\/p>\n

The video is 26 minutes, 38 seconds long so plan accordingly. It\u2019s a nice video and worth spending the half hour on. If you know someone who\u2019s wondering if they should invest in Emacs, this is a good place to point them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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