| > Emacs was invented for a world where Text was everything. Text is still a large part of computing. > These days programming languages are designed around tooling. Every time I see a language which requires a lot of tooling to use it comfortably, usually it's bad designed one > The whole idea of one having to press less buttons to move text around is really a solution for a problem that doesn't exist in the modern world. I think the idea is not about having to press fewer buttons, but to bother your brain with unnecessary things as little as possible. With Emacs, you don't have to remember "where the hell is this command and what is the shortcut for it?", you type M-x (especially if you use plugins like counsel or helm) type some related words and that's it. You don't have to know how every function works - M-x decribe-function at your service! Not enough? You can always jump to definition and take a look at it. > The thing is that kind of text manipulation work isn't common anymore. You still write programs in text, the commands you give to computer ARE text too, even "modern" menus are nothing but text. > The thing is that kind of text manipulation work isn't common anymore. Emacs has LSP plugins, if that's what you are talking about > Or in general some emacs features ported to vscode would be really neat. Which features does VS Code have but Emacs don't? |