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Emacs description is my favorite (programming.dev)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago (6 children)

i... think I need this explained to me

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Although the relevant links have already been provided, the gist is

Acme stands for some "generic" editor here, where you have to use the mouse a lot, which is perceived as slow
Emacs is known to be very powerful (to the extend of being called an "OS with a bad editor"), but using unergonomic keyboard shortcuts
Vim is an editor that has been designed for keyboard power users in mind, but which has the reputation of being difficult to learn

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Acme doesn't stand for some generic editor! It's the famous acme text editor by Rob Pike. It's an interesting editor, very different from Emacs or Vim, and yes, very mousey. In this video Russ Cox gives a great overview: https://youtu.be/dP1xVpMPn8M

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

I should've done my homework before replying then :)

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