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Re: Thank you for using Emacs
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MSavoritias |
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Re: Thank you for using Emacs |
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Mon, 18 Sep 2023 17:45:38 +0300 |
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On 9/18/23 16:10, Peter Polidoro wrote:
MSavoritias <email@msavoritias.me> writes:
I go to the manual to learn package management,
https://guix.gnu.org/en/manual/devel/en/guix.html#Package-Management
Apparently i have to either use the terminal or something called
emacs. If I follow the guide located here:
https://emacs-guix.gitlab.io/website/manual/latest/emacs-guix.html#Installation
It says to install emacs-guix. Okay. So apparently it is an Emacs
thing, whatever that means. And when you start Emacs after installing
the package, you are going to end up with Emacs in its plain form.
Unfamiliar keybindings, no autocomplete, etc. Well thats no to Emacs
then. The other thing is the terminal apparently. Horrible, but at
least it works.
You make a very good point, being exposed to Emacs for the very first
time in this way would be a terrible experience and listing
alternative options would be very beneficial.
However, I would just like to say "Thank you!" to everyone here for
using Emacs in the manual.
For my entire career in hardware engineering, I have felt like an
outcast for using Emacs and being passionate about free software. When
everyone else on a team or in a company or organization uses
proprietary software only, it is very isolating and career limiting to
stay committed to the free software and hardware movements.
So while you may not win any popularity contests by using Emacs in the
manual, just know that it is very much appreciated by some of us.
Its not Emacs per se. Its more like vanilla Emacs. I very much like
Emacs. The idea of it at least.
What i meant more was:
- Offer an alternative to Emacs.
- Specify a distro like doom Emacs that comes with better defaults.
I would maybe lean towards the second one i here fyi. I agree it would
be nice to introduce people to lisp modifiable editors :D
And for guile specifically to offer guile-studio instead of plain Emacs.
MSavoritias