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  1. Extensible, keyboard-oriented web-browser for power users.

    #Web Browsers #Web Development Tools #Web Tools 45 social mentions

  2. A next-generation IRC network for FOSS projects collaboration!
    I have been using emacs since around 2005. If you are looking to immerse yourself in emacs, then I highly recommend switching your windows manager to EXWM [1]. If you are looking to get over the learning curve, then I recommend buying the book Mastering Emacs [2]. If you are interested in learning new and creative ways to use emacs, then I recommend attending the next emacs conference [3]. Also, please join #emacs on librechat [4]. For IRC on emacs I really love erc-mode [5]. [1]: https://github.com/ch11ng/exwm/wiki [3]: https://emacsconf.org/ [4]: https://libera.chat/ [5]: https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_mono/erc.html.

    #Group Chat & Notifications #Communication #Messaging 171 social mentions

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    Vim's rebirth for the 21st century
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    There are many text editors extensible in Lua or in Python. They generally don't allow messing with the innards as much (Firefox proved that's a double edge sword with its extension, it's not an unalloyed good). https://micro-editor.github.io/index.html https://lite-xl.com https://neovim.io https://code.visualstudio.com http://www.sublimetext.com And Emacs Lisp doesn't feel super accessible to most software developers under 40. Almost all its conventions come from a small little island, it's like marsupials in Australia, their own little parallel evolution.

    #Text Editors #IDE #Software Development 96 social mentions

  4. Build and debug modern web and cloud applications, by Microsoft
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    • Open Source
    There are many text editors extensible in Lua or in Python. They generally don't allow messing with the innards as much (Firefox proved that's a double edge sword with its extension, it's not an unalloyed good). https://micro-editor.github.io/index.html https://lite-xl.com https://neovim.io https://code.visualstudio.com http://www.sublimetext.com And Emacs Lisp doesn't feel super accessible to most software developers under 40. Almost all its conventions come from a small little island, it's like marsupials in Australia, their own little parallel evolution.

    #Text Editors #IDE #Software Development 1018 social mentions

  5. Emacs configuration similar to Spacemacs but faster and lighter.
    DOOM Emacs addresses this issue (and is an incredible, if opinionated, Emacs “platform”): <a href="https://github.com/doomemacs/doomemacs">https://github.com/doomemacs/doomemacs</a> > Gotta go fast. Startup and run-time performance are priorities. Doom goes beyond by modifying packages to be snappier and load lazier.

    #Text Editors #IDE #Knowledge Management 154 social mentions

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    Build mature, immersive command-line apps in JavaScript
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    I occasionally try that as well and it <i>sometimes</i> helps but not for things like node apps that use https://vorpal.js.org REPLs. They just aren't usable in shell-mode.

    #Technical Computing #Numerical Computation #Data Visualization 3 social mentions

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