[andanotherthing]

Agree! I am not a developer or an overly technical person and I recently started using Emacs because of an article here (using ido and org mode). I like it but I'm not fluent enough, or know enough of what it does to switch to it for everyday tasks - but there's a beauty in navigating file systems, creating files, switching windows all with your keyboard.

Does anyone know if you can actually write code on Emacs, like HTML/CSS/Javascript?

[aerique]

Does anyone know if you can actually write code on Emacs, like HTML/CSS/Javascript?

Do you mean modifying Emacs while it is running?

If you switch to the "* scratch * "[1] buffer and type one of these and after each of these either press «Ctrl-J» or «Alt-x eval-print-last-sexp»:

  (message "Hello, World!")

  (setq cursor-type 'hbar)

  (setq cursor-type 'box)

  (setq indicate-empty-lines t)

  (setq show-trailing-whitespace t)

Is this what you meant?

[1] I have no idea how to get a normal asterisk on HN.

[gilmi]

> Does anyone know if you can ... on Emacs?

Yes.

[declanqian]

Actually this link is all about write front code in Emacs, that's why it's named `frontmacs` I guess. Yeah, currently I am write frontend code inside emacs. Nothing special. I just used few major modes. js2-mode/web-mode/css(sass)-mode, there is typescript mode. Only for syntax highlighting. I don't use auto-complete thing.

[hultner]

If you mean using emacs as your code editor then yes, that's the main purpose of emacs for most users. However there's other hidden eastereggs such as M-x pong, M-x tetris or why not try M-x doctor if you're feeling a bit down.

[pksadiq]

> M-x doctor if you're feeling a bit down.

Yeah. M-x doctor is really helpful, especially when you are depressed. For example, if you say the doctor that "I'm going to suicide", it will guide you the right way.

[giancarlostoro]

Your question seems to confuse some, do you mean run elisp interactively or edit HTML/CSS/JavaScript? If so I want to say yes to both.