Comment by trip-zip

4 days ago

Emacs users have all the fun. And just like eve online or dwarf fortress, I can't seem to get fully into them myself, but I love reading stories about it.

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entropie  4 days ago

Maybe give RimWorld a try.

I took three approaches for me over a span of two years to really get into emacs. It was pretty tough (a time before google was a thing).

Now iam spoiled - I recently tried vscode a bit and really was baffled because it seems there is no kill ring like the one in emacs that makes it basically impossible to lose any edits.

  • precompute  4 days ago

    Try RimWorld only if you're sure it won't nerd-snipe you.

    • MangoToupe  3 days ago

      RimWorld is a game that makes me want to fuse with an LLM. It already has an incredibly sophisticated backstory and memory and motivation system; it can't be too much work to hook up an LLM to get the pawns to speak and act in novel ways.

  • loloquwowndueo  4 days ago

    Doesn’t it have unlimited undo? Savages! (I have never in my life used vscode, hope it shows).

    • entropie  3 days ago

      I dont know about unlimited undos. But you can overwrite parts of your undo-tree so you cannot access them anymore.

herewulf  3 days ago

Best way to get into it is to pick one use case and stick with that for a while. Before you know it, you will want more.

For me it was org mode (with evil mode because I was coming from 15+ years of Vim). Then..

"Oh, I can manage files and edit a directory like a file buffer.."

"Oh, I can SSH into systems and edit files but it doesn't even feel like SSH.."

"Oh, this makes a great, distraction free IDE.."

I recommend a batteries included distro like Doom Emacs or Space Emacs.

  • kleinishere  3 days ago

    Have you stuck with Doom/Space and evil key bindings or been pulled over to a more vanilla setup?