Re: Thank you for using Emacs

[MSavoritias <email@msavoritias.me>]

On 9/18/23 16:10, Peter Polidoro wrote:
>
> MSavoritias <email@msavoritias.me> writes:
>
>> I go to the manual to learn package management, 
>> https://guix.gnu.org/en/manual/devel/en/guix.html#Package-Management
>>
>> Apparently i have to either use the terminal or something called 
>> emacs. If I follow the guide located here: 
>> https://emacs-guix.gitlab.io/website/manual/latest/emacs-guix.html#Installation
>>
>> It says to install emacs-guix. Okay. So apparently it is an Emacs 
>> thing, whatever that means. And when you start Emacs after installing 
>> the package, you are going to end up with Emacs in its plain form. 
>> Unfamiliar keybindings, no autocomplete, etc. Well thats no to Emacs 
>> then. The other thing is the terminal apparently. Horrible, but at 
>> least it works.
>
> You make a very good point, being exposed to Emacs for the very first 
> time in this way would be a terrible experience and listing 
> alternative options would be very beneficial.
>
> However, I would just like to say "Thank you!" to everyone here for 
> using Emacs in the manual.
>
> For my entire career in hardware engineering, I have felt like an 
> outcast for using Emacs and being passionate about free software. When 
> everyone else on a team or in a company or organization uses 
> proprietary software only, it is very isolating and career limiting to 
> stay committed to the free software and hardware movements.
>
> So while you may not win any popularity contests by using Emacs in the 
> manual, just know that it is very much appreciated by some of us.
>
Its not Emacs per se. Its more like vanilla Emacs. I very much like 
Emacs. The idea of it at least.

What i meant more was:

- Offer an alternative to Emacs.

- Specify a distro like doom Emacs that comes with better defaults.

I would maybe lean towards the second one i here fyi. I agree it would 
be nice to introduce people to lisp modifiable editors :D

And for guile specifically to offer guile-studio instead of plain Emacs.


MSavoritias