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Re: Beginning Hobbyist Programmer Question
From: |
Stefan Kamphausen |
Subject: |
Re: Beginning Hobbyist Programmer Question |
Date: |
Fri, 18 Jan 2008 11:05:30 +0100 |
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signups17@gmail.com writes:
> Can anyone provide a cogent explanation for why I should take the time
> to climb that learning curve? What are the benefits, as you see them?
Because in the end you will have /one/ tool to do almost all of your
typing ([1]) which will fit your needs /exactly/ ([2]). You will
never want to use something else. And of course: it's fun ([3]).
If I had no Emacs I were no programmer.
Regards,
Stefan
Footnotes:
[1] E.g.: Programming (C, C++, Perl, Python, Ruby, Java, Common
Lisp, Elisp, Bash, whatever), Writing (HTML, XML, LaTeX, groff,
plain text, emails, news, edit your oddmusewikis, whatever)
[2] Keybindings as you want them, code-templates, dabbrev,
spell-checker integration, your own extensions, things you found
on the 'net, integrated shell, integrated terminal, CVS and SVN
frontends, planning (org, planner, calendar, remember), etc.pp.
[3] E.g. writing elisp, finding astonishing features (like these
footnote-adding functions ;-)
--
Stefan Kamphausen --- http://www.skamphausen.de
a blessed +42 regexp of confusion (weapon in hand)
You hit. The format string crumbles and turns to dust.
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