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How to show what separates emacs from other IDEs (alien.top)
submitted 10 months ago by Both_Confidence_4147@alien.top to c/emacs@communick.news
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I talked to someone about the extensibility of emacs, but the person I was speaking to assumed that any IDE is just as extensible by using Plug Ins.

Without turning the conversation into a university style lecture, what is one or two simple actions I can do in emacs to show someone what separates it from other IDES.

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[–] worthyl2000@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

Not the best person to answer - glanced the replies, and seeing people who seem very articulate so definitely read their points of view.

My personal thought is being a "literate programmer" - I should be able to understand what my tools are doing and how it affects things. If I spend to much time with plugins - I sort of miss exactly what they do. With emacs - I have the code and I have a community.