Here we are, I finally reached a point where I feel like I should learn Emacs once and for all. For the past 4 years I’ve been a vim boi, mostly using nvim and some very minimal config file; that’s until I found out about the great work the guys at Helix are doing and switched to that just couple of months ago. Granted I do not care about vim per se, I’m mostly in it for vim motions and even then Helix is simply far superior and I love how that editor works.
“But corvo, if you love Helix why are you switching to Emacs? You also said you don’t like config files, so again why are you switching?”
Well first of all, how did you get in my house, and second: I just want to satisfy my curiosity about Org mode. People really go ape-shit crazy about it and it seems to be a great system, and if that comes with doing a bit of hacking and copy-pasting config files: why not. I’m also running NixOS so it’s not like I hate configuring systems.
Want to schedule your day? Org mode! Want to write down a todo list? Org mode! Want to remember all the groceries you have to buy? Org mode! Want to actually get some friends? Go outside.
Jokes aside, I’ve just finished setting up Doom Emacs and right now everything is a bit too much, like why’s there a browser on emacs? I can play games in it? And send emails? I can’t even imagine how big Emacs’ tech-debt is, or how big Emacs is in itself. Its devs have to have huge brains to work all of this stuff out. I swear to God, Emacs feels like having an autistic friend that knows everything about anything and they are actually really good at what they do.
So yeah, I’m now going to try and learn all there is to Emacs and I’m giving myself 100 days to reach a point where I feel comfortable in it. Not just as a hobby to write blog articles or the occasional calendar use: I want to be able to use Emacs at work too, and that’s the biggest challenge really since I’m really picky about the tools I use.
Let’s see how much I’ll resist before going back to Helix.