Convince me why this isn't the best code editor ever created.

>>59685824
> using emacs
Meme editor.

>>59685824
>Makes you learn Lisp

>>59685866
B-But Emacs Lisp is great.

>>59685824
You mean "best desktop environment"

>>59685866
He asked for reasons why it's not the best, not for why it is.

>>59685894
Yep we just need a kernel done.

>>59685896
Yeah, that's exactly what I did

>>59685824
You have to tune it up on yourself.
Once set up, it's best, though.

Great OS, just lacks a decent editor

>>59685824
I can't activate it with CIA nigger's license.

>>59685824
I can't, it truly is the best.

>>59685824
because Vim exists.

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>>59685824
> no structural regular expression
> no mouse chording
> not easy extensible as pic
> not written by Rob Pike

Jed is a nice editor if you want a fast emacs on crappy hardware but I guess the days of worrying about memory and cpu for editors are over.

http://www.jedsoft.org/jed/index.html

>>59685824
>Have to configure it just in order to avoid typing injuries

>>59685824
I can't. GNU Emacs is da best.

>>59685824
scripting in any c-like language would be better... no one know lisp now.

>>59685824
Needs lots of configuration and tinkering, the out of the box experience is horrible.

>>59686561
>260x214
Learn how to save pictures.

>>59685824
Because nano is a thing

>>59686523
Use evil mode

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>>59685824
EMacs (i mean gnu/emacs) is great. as is the whole open source free software thing.

BUT, this concept is being taken over by GitHubs Atom open-soruce free text editor and also by Googles Fuchia microkernal, which is also open source, free and available Git. In my estimation, these companies, especially Google with Fuchia, will dominate the Open Source free OS world shortly when IoT becomes more widespread (whatever that means). GNU will loose grip to Google open source.

>>59686813
If that were true there wouldn't be so many packages available. That said, it is possible to use other languages it just wouldn't be pretty.

>>59687146
That's true but once you've configured most of your setup it's amazing.

>>59688040
Atom is being entirely btfo by VSCode.

>>59686561
> implies mouse chording is good
> thinks acme is easily extensible
Acme is a failed experiment. Emacs will always be the superior environment and GNU Emacs will always be the best of the inferior clones.

This is quite an interesting comparison. The standard editors used by real people do well, the new shit obviously gets entirely rekt.

https://github.com/jhallen/joes-sandbox/tree/master/editor-perf

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>>59688225

>Atom is being entirely btfo by VSCode.

(((Microsoft))) - right

>>59688371
It seems pretty widely agreed upon that it's the better editor. Its built on a stupid stack the same as Atom but actually (somewhat) works.

>>59686561
>structural regular expression
I bet you don't even know what those words mean

>>59688240
> implying it is not
> it is hard to work with virtual filesystem

>>59688685
I don't know why you think it is hard. Maybe you are a brainlet
http://doc.cat-v.org/bell_labs/structural_regexps/

>>59686561
>push right arrow
>cursor moves 1 character to the right
>push down arrow
>nothing happens
?

>>59686561
Emacs can emulate Acme completely.
Acme cannot emulate Emacs completely.
Therefore Emacs is strictly more powerful than Acme.
QED

>>59685824
It's a horrible fucking editor, but a decent IDE

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>>59685824
*blocks your path*

>>59685824
It isn't modal

>>59685824
It isnt vim

>>59690411
You have to use your mouse.
Yes, Acme is an interesting joke.

>>59692105
>vim impeding your progress
sounds about right

>>59685824
Doesnt it have a bazillion of ctrl + ... combinations and shit ergonomics? I dont want to walk around with an emacs cheat sheet just to type up some scripts