What they all have in common is a whimsy and a casualness that I rarely see in Emacs today. The only thing they have in common is that most of them were added a long time ago: some are rather odd inclusions (as you’ll see below) and others were clearly written by bored employees or graduate students. Some you have probably heard of or played before. Why not play Emacs’s Zork-like text adventure game to take your mind off the tedium of work?īut seriously, yes, there are both games and quirky playthings in Emacs. Learn Emacs Org Mode: Spacemacs Intro Tutorial is a good tutorial video for you to start.It’s yet another Monday and you’re hard at work on those TPS reports for your boss, Lumbergh. I’m currently writing most of my blogging posts in Emacs, then sync up to my WordPress with a key binding. It’s your emacs-based knowledge management system! Org-mode is a complete system to organize your project, take notes, track tasks, track time, agenda, write documents, and much more! Everything is plaintext, and you could sync them with Github or Dropbox, or export your writings into PDF, HTML, Markdown formats. Org-mode is a killer application in Emacs, it’s the reason I can not escape from Emacs and some non-programmers to use Emacs. It’s a little bit inconvenient for mobility. I bought an HHKB 8 years ago, but I don’t use it frequently. Switch the key of Ctrl with =Caps Lock= so that your finger will feel better.Ĭtrl is the modifier key for most Emacs key bindings, Caps Lock is the more proper key position for the left pinky finger.įor this reason, HHKB is an excellent gift for most Emacs users.
This video is an introduction for Spacemacs:Īwesome-emacs lists popular packages with all kinds of categories.
The best editor is neither Emacs nor Vim. They are maintained by the community and have many excellent default configurations for most tasks and most programming languages.Įven more, these two projects contain handy configurations for Vim users. Please check out spacemacs or doom-emacs. You don’t need to write Emacs Lisp from the beginning.įollow this best guide for mastering Emacs in one year. After some time, Your fingers and muscles will form memories, and everything you do is performed naturally. Emacs will be a rewarding choice for those who will programming for years and will be open for different technology stacks.ĭo you want to have a try on Emacs? Here are my five tips for you: #1 Learning Emacs by using itĭon’t be afraid of so many commands and key bindings.Įmacs has a learning curve in the beginning. Think about how much our computing life revolves around editing. I got well programming experience with Emacs, even for those less popular programming languages, such as OCaml, Scheme, and Clojure. Most Emacs users are senior developers who have mastered multiple languages. It’s stable and with lots of packages and supports for different programming languages and all kinds of tasks. We will get the best productivity after familiar with it.Įmacs is a 45 years old software. Emacs is the most extensible editor and gives users maximum freedom. The time we spent on Emacs is rewarding in the long term. We should try to find the tools that suit ourselves best. Something is good doesn’t mean it is popular. Sadly, fewer and fewer programmers use these ancient editors, Emacs’s user ratio is shrinking.Įven so, I’m encouraging you to have a try on Emacs. Two decades ago, most programmers were Emacs users or Vim users. Living with Emacs eventually becomes a lifestyle. I’m more productive and more enjoyable with Emacs. I used some modern editors, such as Sublime, Atom, and VSCode. I tried to escape from Emacs for some fresh experiences. I programming, write articles, and do the presentation with Emacs effectively. I have been lived with Emacs for 16 years and will likely continue with it in more years.
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