{"id":9760,"date":"2021-06-14T12:56:51","date_gmt":"2021-06-14T16:56:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/irreal.org\/blog\/?p=9760"},"modified":"2021-06-14T12:56:51","modified_gmt":"2021-06-14T16:56:51","slug":"more-on-the-why-of-emacs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/irreal.org\/blog\/?p=9760","title":{"rendered":"More on the Why of Emacs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jeremy Friesen has a bit more to say on <a href=\"https:\/\/takeonrules.com\/2021\/06\/12\/delving-further-into-the-why-of-emacs\/\">why he uses Emacs<\/a>. Last time we stopped by his blog, he explained how he <a href=\"https:\/\/irreal.org\/blog\/?p=9752\">molds Emacs to enhance his blogging workflow<\/a>. This time he\u2019s answering a question on the Emacs\/reddit as to whether there\u2019s any reason to prefer Emacs to a \u201cmodern looking\u201d IDE such as VS Code. I generally stop reading when I see terms like \u201cmodern looking\u201d but Friesen is more patient than I and posted a thoughtful response that explained why he thought there was.<\/p>\n<p>Friesen\u2019s reasons boil down to synergy. He says he uses Emacs for 3 main purposes:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"org-ul\">\n<li>Coding<\/li>\n<li>Blogging<\/li>\n<li>Note Taking<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>and observes that when he implements something\u2014a new function or key binding, say\u2014to improve one area, he automatically gets gains in the other areas as well.<\/p>\n<p>He expands on his reply a bit in his blog post. Using Emacs means fewer context switches and the opportunity to master Emacs. He\u2019s found that the lessons he\u2019s learned extend beyond Emacs. He sums it up by saying that Emacs helps him get better at dealing with digital information.<\/p>\n<p>I don\u2019t know for sure but I\u2019d guess that most people who have taken the time to really learn Emacs have experienced that. I know that Emacs has made me really good at wrangling text and therefore with dealing with digital data in general.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jeremy Friesen has a bit more to say on why he uses Emacs. Last time we stopped by his blog, he explained how he molds Emacs to enhance his blogging workflow. This time he\u2019s answering a question on the Emacs\/reddit &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/irreal.org\/blog\/?p=9760\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[18],"class_list":["post-9760","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","tag-emacs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/irreal.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9760","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/irreal.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/irreal.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/irreal.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/irreal.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9760"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/irreal.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9760\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9761,"href":"https:\/\/irreal.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9760\/revisions\/9761"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/irreal.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9760"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/irreal.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9760"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/irreal.org\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9760"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}