[rcconf]

I miss Emacs, but I moved to Visual Studio Code. I used Emacs for over 8 years so releases like this use to make me so happy.

On the bright side, I still use Emacs bindings in Visual Studio Code. Maybe I should spin up Emacs again and give it another shot on my new M1 (maybe it can do the auto complete stuff faster now.)

[JHonaker]

The worst part about Emacs is the bindings. :D

The reason I'll never leave Emacs is that if I want to change something, I can. It doesn't really matter what it is. This might be technically true in something like VS Code (although Atom was much easier in this regard), but it takes a lot more effort and scaffolding to do something like write a single function and bind it to a keymap in VS Code.

[jonpalmisc]

One of the best parts is the bindings! They are present in most shells/terminals, GNU readline-based programs, and even native macOS text field. If you're in a terminal or using a terminal-based program, there's a good chance pressing any of the core Emacs keybindings does what you expect it to.

[patrick451]

It's probably largely just habit at this point, but the keybindings are a big part of what keep me with emacs. I honestly have no idea how people navigate text/code with default windows keybindings. That they work by default in many other contexts is a really nice bonus. Most emacs binding emulation modes I've seen for other editors don't support even basic things like "C-<space> C-n C-w", which is basically a non-starter for me.

[deagle50]

Yes you should!

`brew install d12frosted/emacs-plus/emacs-plus@29 --with-native-comp --with-no-frame-refocus` is easy as pie and gets you the latest build with native comp and smooth trackpad scrolling.

[R0flcopt3r]

Can confirm, I run this on my M1 works great!

[ReleaseCandidat]

> give it another shot on my new M1

https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/download.html#nonfree https://emacsformacosx.com/

[R0flcopt3r]

the M1 is the fastest emacs-lisp machine there is. Give it a go!