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"Feline Herd" Offers Easier Package Management For Emacs

Posted by samzenpus on from the vim-coming-soon dept.

First time accepted submitter chris.kohlhepp writes "The Emacs editor just got consolidated package management with "Feline Herd", offering 2000+ packages under one roof. No struggle with convoluted keyboard shortcuts — only easy GUI navigation via toolbar buttons! Every conceivable programming language is handled. Cuts the Emacs learning curve to a minimum for learners."

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  1. Yawn by BringYourOwnBacon · · Score: 3, Funny

    Wake me when there's a Vim equivalent.

    1. Re:Yawn by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

      well. you can always run Vim inside of Emacs

      captcha: satisfy

    2. Re:Yawn by Coryoth · · Score: 4, Funny

      Yes, emacs, in its glorious tolerance of even the worst free ideas, sports a Vim-equivalent mode.

      For users new to the world of UNIX editors Emacs supports the simpler Vi emulation via

      (setq global-map (make-sparse-keymap))

      which faithfully emulates a novice user's experience of vi.

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  2. Ahh, EMACS by Chris+Mattern · · Score: 4, Funny

    Truly, it would be the world's most perfect operating system, if only it had a decent text editor.

  3. EMACS SUCKS AND SO DOES YOUR MOTHER! by magic+maverick+ · · Score: 4, Funny

    VIM & VI also suck. The standard editor is, ed. Obviously. Ed. "Ed is generous enough to flag errors, yet prudent enough not to overwhelm the novice with verbosity."

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  4. Finally! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    EMACS gets a package manager!
    Now the only thing this OS is missing is a text editor. Once they have that have, they'll be good to go.