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0 pointsantiframe4y ago0 comments

I feel that VSCode is missing the number one critical feature of Emacs: the ability to inspect and change the program as it's running.

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trey-jones4y ago

And don't forget the number two critical feature: the ability to call yourself an Emacs user!

novocantico4y ago

Sure you can. Open up your VS Code extension in a VS Code window and live-debug it. I'd bet the process is probably very similar when editing VS Code yourself, but the point of the extension system is that you usually shouldn't have to.

antiframeOP4y ago

That's cool. The one thing I missed in VS Code when I last used it a few years ago was a link to the implementation in the documentation of each function. Maybe I will give it a try again someday. But honestly giving up Magit, org-mode, slime, and elpy will be hard.

novocantico4y ago

One pretty decent Magit alternative I found was lazygit. For a long time after quitting Magit/Emacs I just used git's CLI, but lazygit is pretty great.

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trey-jones4y ago

And don't forget the number two critical feature: the ability to call yourself an Emacs user!

novocantico4y ago

antiframeOP4y ago

novocantico4y ago

One pretty decent Magit alternative I found was lazygit. For a long time after quitting Magit/Emacs I just used git's CLI, but lazygit is pretty great.

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