a meme with two halves.
on top is a screenshot of the terminal with the following text:

Generated ~/.config/emacs/.local/env
Installing plugins
> Installing straight...
> Installing packages...
> Updating recipe repos...
> Cloning Llink-hint.el...emacsmirror-mirror. ..
> Building link-hint...
> Building link-hint > Cloning avy...
- Checked out avy: be612110cb116a38b8603df36794
> Building link-hint > Building avy...
> Building link-hint...
> Cloning drag-stuff.el...
> Building drag-stuff...
> Cloning company-shell...

the lines installing straight and building drag-stuff are highlighted in red.
on the bottom is Confused Nick Young face

  • flamingos-cant@ukfli.ukEnglish
    48·
    9 months ago

    > Look up package
    > hasn’t been updated in 7 years
    > install it and it still works

    God, I love emacs

    • dan@upvote.au
      512·
      9 months ago

      I think some people don’t understand that software can be complete/finished and not need any more updates unless a bug is reported. Software doesn’t have an expiry date.

      • flamingos-cant@ukfli.ukEnglish
        25·
        9 months ago

        Sure, but software that targets a moving platform like Emacs can often break. I’m commenting on how stable Emacs is, even past major releases (25->29 in this case).

      • marcos@lemmy.world
        23·
        9 months ago

        That’s not true if people keep making breaking changes to your platform. Some people only ever experienced those platforms, so they can’t understand it.

        • dan@upvote.au
          9·
          9 months ago

          Oh yeah, I didn’t consider the fact that emacs might have a lot of breaking changes (I don’t use it). Thanks.

          • mexicancartel@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
            1·
            9 months ago

            This is about emacs not having breaking changes and most other platforms(like android) requiring constant updates and maintainance due to their changes in it.

        • dan@upvote.au
          1·
          9 months ago

          but if the bugs are low-priority and have easy workarounds, it’s not so bad.

    • Possibly linux@lemmy.zipEnglish
      1·
      9 months ago

      I think its being maintained by a volunteer who isn’t part of the fsf. I vaguely remember someone winning an award for there work on the project.

  • TheInsane42@lemmy.worldEnglish
    7·
    9 months ago

    Come to the vi side, no straights or drags. (And just as terrible to use for every starter as emacs is ;) )

    Sorry, had to have the 1st vi post. ;D

    • Shareni@programming.dev
      5·
      9 months ago

      And just as terrible to use for every starter as emacs is ;)

      I started learning Emacs at the same time I was learning to code. Once I found Doom it was pretty straightforward. Before that…it wasn’t fun.

      I’m currently trying out lazyvim, and I think the Emacs approach is a lot more accessible to beginners because:

      • it does everything on its own instead of relying on you knowing cli tools

      • :help is just sad when compared to C-h, and generally the in-editor docs and guides are a lot worse

      • Doom is a lot more opinionated than lazyvim, but it also requires a lot less manual setup

    • lemmesay@discuss.tchncs.deOPEnglish
      4·
      9 months ago

      it’s doom emacs(with vim bindings). I am currently using vim but wanted to learn emacs too as org mode seems interesting