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1. 1.▲
   by sping 2y ago

   Making modal editing with a leader key the default rather than an option it currently is, is a pretty trivial thing to bring up as the stand-out "feature" a rewrite could provide.
2. 2.▲
   by sping 2y ago

   Though trying to run Emacs like vi is a pitfall in itself. Clunking around the terminal summoning Emacs to edit files is really not a particularly effective way to use it. Emacs is not vi, and using Emacs like Emacs makes more sense. Mos
3. 3.▲
   by sping 3y ago

   It's mostly the TrackPoint for me, and I've worked with quite a few trackball users.
4. 4.▲
   by sping 4y ago

   > 3. There might be a way to do this but I'm not sure. Emacs being inherently single threaded probably makes this difficult. But yes, I use M-x (re)compile. Emacs has zero issue with multiple compilations - they're handled asyn
5. 5.▲
   by sping 4y ago

   Are there any good Emacs jokes that aren't based on ignorance of Emacs?
6. 6.▲
   by sping 4y ago

   I wouldn't move to ivy today, though ivy is great. I moved on from it to the vertico/orderless/marginalia/consult/corfu type stack and it feels at least equivalent to me, but the implementation is more integrated w
7. 7.▲
   by sping 5y ago

   I have to say I don't particularly see the wisdom of this (common) view. It's acceptable to people to use the standard Elisp, and Emacs itself, without digesting that code, but somehow using a canned config is bad. I find the cho