[taopai]

I am not technical. I come from a science background so I am somewhat limited in regards to software development.

I used to try a lot of APPS to produce documents and scruture my mind. Notion, google docs, word, calc, excel... It was fine but it I agree that some times is a pain. Google docs run very slow in my computer, Windows overheats in my laptop , etc.

Finally I discovered Emacs. I am pretty bad with elisp but I love it. Now I just use, Emacs, a couple of web browsers, bash, Python and some perl scripts.

While this article oversimplificates some things It has valid points for specific cases. btw, I like this web design!

[juliend2]

> Finally I discovered Emacs.

Do you mean Emacs with Org-mode? Or just plain Emacs? I'm curious, because I don't know much about Emacs but I heard a lot of good things about Orgmode.

[taopai]

Yes, Emacs with org-mode. In fact, I got into Emacs because I wanted to try org-mode.

Org-mode it's just a mode, Emacs has a ton of modes, major and minor. The GNU Emacs Distribution, the Vanilla Emacs, already comes with org-mode.

It was six months ago. org-mode blown my mind. It was a transcendental experience, I was thrilled. It had everything I wished and much more. Thanks to it I discovered Emacs and I love it, it makes my life easier. What's great about Emacs is that you can solve any question you have with the manual, it's awesome, mind-blowing.

But It has a steep learning curve. I got through vim tutorial in less than an hour. Going through Emacs tutorial took me 4 afternoons, one our every day. It was 4 days because it's too much for one sitting. I almost gave up, I am happy I didn't. You have tot taking it slow, there are a lot of crucial key bindings you have to learn.

If you like writing or ordering idea, notes, etc. I recommend it, at least try it and then decide for yourself. But you have to put some time to get familiar with the Emacs ecosystem. Take it like a pianist, slow and steady makes you learn twice faster.

I am just a novice but this summer I want to try to learn more elisp and try to make one package. I hope this is not off topic. Emacs fits the description of the article, right?

[seanw444]

And for those that find the Vim approach to most things preferable, Doom Emacs sets up Emacs + Evil-mode in a way that makes Emacs+Vim feel smooth, and doesn't require really any effort on your part. Big recommend.