Interview with an Emacs Enthusiast in 2023 [Colorized]

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Interview with an Emacs Enthusiast in 2023 with Emerald McS., PhD - aired on © The Emacs.
org. air date 1990.

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[programmersarealsohuman]

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[williamdavis]

Emacs takes a lifetime to learn. So the sooner you start, the longer it will take

[blj]

"People don't quit emacs. They just die at some point" LMAO

[jsaare]

I'm in the 60+ crowd. In the earlier days of my career, I endured several variations of exactly this character. Decades later, I just would have assumed..., well..., he would have "retired". I guess some things never die..., or they never quite finish learning emacs.
This was brilliant, thank you!
:x

[adrycough]

My CS profs were either some sort of vi/vim wizard blasting through their files typing at 170wpm like they are competing in a speed run while they passionately explain the beauty of CS, or clunkily smacking their cursor back and forth with their touchpad using 5 year old version of IntelliJ or Visual Studio with two typos per line at 30wpm that everyone notices but doesn't point out until compiler spits back errors using a borrowed device from the institution and were only there to teach you the basics. No in-between. As long as you're teaching the material, we're cool, but man, those passionate CS profs were so inspiring.

[trustnoone]

I had no idea Sia has such strong opinions on text editors.

[EscChaos]

"I used to spend hours trying to get the image on the right page. Now I use org-mode LaTeX and just accept that it's impossible." Im dying.

[pangloss]

"People never quit emacs. They just die at some point." Yep, I started using Emacs at work in 1988 and I still use it each day, but I will never die. I wrote the "M-x immortal" command and I also use that daily. Emacs gives you eternal life.

[bruce-le-smith]

the binders, the rolodex, the wired peripherals, the monotone colour scheme of the set. great cinematography. i'm sure wes anderson would approve of this

[kokow]

"I spend more time customizing my computer than using it."
I feel attacked

[franciscosanudoacosta]

“Emacs is not that hard, you can learn it in one day…. Everyday…”

Man this is my favorite video of all your series, keep it going.

[suou]

“i can send it to you by ftp”
every cut was so perfect😂

Emacs!

[AncientSlugThrower]

"I used to spend hours trying to get the image on the right page. Now I have accepted that it is impossible." I have never used Emacs, but I can completely relate to this sentiment.

[AnthonyBullard]

If Richard Stallman ever figures out how to watch YouTube in Emacs you are gonna be in big trouble😂😂😂

[KDEDflyr]

“EMACS cured my autism” might be the funniest and most complex throwaway joke I’ve seen on YT

[AdamSpiers]

I started learning emacs in 1993. Started tracking my config in CVS around 1999, migrated it to git in 2011, published it on GitHub at some point in the last 10 years (aspiers/emacs if you are curious). My love for emacs grows deeper every day, but I still feel like I haven't scratched the surface. Thanks for this excellent documentary which captures the beauty of emacs perfectly ;-)

[rockapedra]

This is absolutely perfect. This is how I got sucked into EMACS. Now I'm stuck for life.

[Drummerx]

When I was attending University of Maryland back in 2014, I discovered Emacs as a part of the C programming course. While everyone else was figuring out how to edit over SFTP with sublime text, i just went full tilt into Emacs. I read basically the entire manual, wrote my own C syntax highlighter, wrote my math homework in Emacs using Latex, and basically became the Emacs guru. I'd feel pretty safe to say i was the most proficient Emacs user on the entire campus. To this day i still win thumb wrestling with my pinky.

Unfortunately, the ending of this video is accurate. You never stop using emacs, you just die. Even if only in spirit.

[koobapl]

In Poland we got this phrase "with emacs through sendmail" because of this line from some polish movie when hacker says "I'm in!" and the other one asks "How did you do it?", and he replies "With emacs through sendmail" 😆

[alkumhcounseling]

The maybe German, maybe Belgian, maybe swedish, but actually secretly Dutch accent is perfect here