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Fri, 22 Nov 2024 19:57:31 -0800 (PST) Original-Received: from 753933720722 named unknown by gmailapi.google.com with HTTPREST; Fri, 22 Nov 2024 22:57:31 -0500 In-Reply-To: <9039ab2e-e781-4d80-8aa0-f39e690f076a@me.com> X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane-mx.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.io gmane.emacs.bugs:295807 Archived-At: tags 74488 + notabug close 74488 thanks Raj Divecha via "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" writes: > Hi, I am an occasional Emacs user. I know that Emacs is a very capable > editor. In fact, most modern editors provide similar features, just > that the learning curve for them is close to nothing. They simply work > out of the box. Thus, I am wondering, why not Emacs? How difficult > would it be to provide a different interface, a simpler one yet fully > capable? For example, while I can use Emacs for simple text editing, I > still can't use it as my developer IDE. I want some feature that will > help me easily install a project explorer like extension. The project > explorer could help create workspaces, project, help me navigate them > with ease etc. Think MS's VS Code. On the same lines, I would like a > LaTeX window with its own extensions. Emacs already supports all this > but the learning curve is so steep that I don't feel like opening it > anymore! Thus wondering why can't Emacs come out with a simpler > interface (and allow one to switch to an advance interface when > needed) and throw the learning curve out the window? -OR- Am I missing > something? Thanks, Raj Thanks for sharing your ideas about how to improve Emacs. We always aim for at least feature parity with typical IDEs, and in many cases we actually have a much stronger set of features than they do. But it is true that the Emacs interface is fundamentally different from that of VSCode. It's challenging to provide a different user interface along the lines that you suggest, while also providing all the features that we do. However, this bug list is not really appropriate or intended for very wide-ranging discussions about what Emacs could look like in the future. It is intended for much more focused discussions about specific and reproducible bugs in Emacs, and narrowly scoped feature requests. For that reason, I will close this bug report now. I believe you might have more success discussing these and other similar ideas in forums such as the Emacs Reddit page or on IRC. Thanks.