Readit Newsdimitar commented on IDEs we had 30 years ago and lost (2023) blogsystem5.substack.com/... · Posted by u/AlexeyBrin
The Magit experience is due to the use of the transient package for its UI.
Some other packages also use it. Most notably for my personal usage is the gptel package.
Indeed! I went back just to mention it owes its incredible UX to the transient package, I am going to look up more uses for it. Do recommend more if you can, please!
dimitar commented on IDEs we had 30 years ago and lost (2023) blogsystem5.substack.com/... · Posted by u/AlexeyBrin
I think Emacs still does all of this; the argument the author makes is that it is "arcane", it just uses conventions he is not used to. It is however fully self-documented and interactive.
For me the best textual interface I've ever used remains Magit in Emacs: https://magit.vc/ I wish more of Emacs was like it.
I actually use emacs as my git clients even when I'm using a different IDE for whatever reason.
dimitar commented on I'm spoiled by Apple Silicon but still love Framework simonhartcher.com/posts/2... · Posted by u/deevus
I want to say it's like 30 seconds to desktop with Fedora and KDE? I haven't timed it, it's probably less than that.
30s might be the threshold for me; any more than that it is distracting; since this is a laptop I might open it just to check my email for example
dimitar commented on I'm spoiled by Apple Silicon but still love Framework simonhartcher.com/posts/2... · Posted by u/deevus
I use a Mac M4 for work and have a Framework for myself.
The M4 is a beast, but I have a different priority for a device I want to call "my own". I want more control over "my" device, and I don't demand the highest performance or battery life. I grew up on Windows, and for a long time dual-booted with various Linuxes, and eventually used WSL on the regular. But now with my Framework I'm running Fedora, so for the first time in my life I don't have to deal with Windows at all.
It helps, I suppose, that I'm one of those weird types who likes to actually shut down their computer when they're not using it, instead of just closing the lid. I like a fresh start each time I open it up.
How quickly does your laptop start? I like this idea a lot, I am now going down the rabbithole of finding which distributions boot the fastest (I remember this mattered a lot to linux users about 20 years ago)
Can you give an example? I can't speak for all possible lisps but Common Lisp and clojure have great string built-ins:
dimitar commented on Cozy video games can quell stress and anxiety reuters.com/business/reta... · Posted by u/vinhnx
Nothing relaxes me like throwing tanks and helicopters into the fire in Warno - a Cold War Combined Arms Real-Time Tactics game
So it must have tools save, manipulate and visualize conveniently (pretty printing, folding etc) the values of vars that contain nested maps, sequences, sets, etc.
Existing clojure IDEs like CIDER for emacs or Calva for VSCode do that too, and it is a must have to have a nice experience with the language