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0 pointscodemonkey-zeta2y ago0 comments

I meant to say "learning", not "using", that's my mistake.

> Suppose I'm working on a dynamic C or C++ project

Most beginners are not, that's my point. Those technologies are fine if you need them, but the vast majority of beginners are working in dynamic languages like JavaScript and Python. Any modern tutorial using Emacs for code should be about programming in those languages (and elisp).

Honestly the best way to learn to use Emacs today is probably not using it for code at all, but org-mode and plaintext editing. That way you can learn the editor and not get bogged down in creating/configuring IDE features.

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nvy2y ago

I've been using emacs for years, and I use org to write latex documents because writing actual latex is awful, but I don't really see what drives such org mode fanaticism.

You're at a bbq and someone invites you to a ski trip in 5 months, you need to check your schedule so you whip out your laptop to check the org calendar?

I just don't get how people can function putting "everything" into org.

codemonkey-zetaOP2y ago

I don't use org-agenda or calendar or anything. I also find them inconvenient. I just use org-mode for writing and organizing documents. Lecture notes, programming exercises, book notes, README's, daily TODO lists, journaling, and writing a blog (exporting to Hugo), and of course writing my emacs config in a literate style with org-babel-tangle. It's a super versatile format with great ergonomic commands and a large community.

ungamedplayer2y ago

You can nicely suggest that you will check your calendar and not answer on the spot.

If you didn't have the flexibility to move your work anyway you probably should not go.

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