> New CS teacher is forcing us to use emacs > Actually

>>58458325
>I'm here to learn a language
Then read a fucking book. You should be there to learn CS, not syntax and libraries.

>>58458325
Define 'force'.

Is he standing over your shoulder 24/7, checking your Emacs usage?

>implying anyone uses nano for programming

>>58458439

Learning emacs certainly isn't CS.

>newfag
>doesn't know how to greentext
When did greentexting become so hard to do? The formatting is so damn easy to get a hold of. I'm being autistic, but come on you fucking frigs, it's one of the simplest things about getting acclimated to 4chan.
vi > emacs, it's installed by default on every Linux machine ever.
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>>58458325
Your professor is teaching you skills, even if they're for tools you haven't chosen.

If this was shop class, you wouldn't complain about having questions on using a jigsaw, just because you liked bandsaws better.

>>58458325
If you get so butthurt about it then the marks dont matter, you dont care about his module so just do what the fuck you want.

http://www.fileformat.info/info/unicode/char/30c4/fontsupport.htm

>>58458325
what a fucking nazi

fuck emacs and vim

>>58459316
I actually do. It's pretty comfy for tiny scripts

A lot of education is shutting up and doing things you don't want to do because it MIGHT help you later. This is one of those times

>>58458325
>questions on emacs shortcuts
that sounds retarded. you can customize the shortcuts to do anything and you should, because many of the default shortcuts are useless.

>>58460199
A+