Alchemist v1.3.1 Is OUT Elixir Tooling Emacs Integration

https://github.com/tonini/alchemist.el/releases/tag/v1.3.1

by samueltonini • 11 years ago

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roghummal7• 11 years ago

Let's use an otherwise meaningless post to ask:

Vi(m) users, when did you concede to emacs and why?

boards2x• 11 years ago

For me it has always been vimscript vs (emacs) lisp. I like to be able customize and not be restricted by a somewhat cryptic and inaccessible language. With evil mode you get a perfect compromise (depending on what you use such a text editor for).

roghummal7• 11 years ago

With evil mode you get a perfect compromise (depending on what you use such a text editor for).

Editing... text... Vim does that better.

logicchains• 11 years ago

Considering the popularity of Evil Mode, Vim emulation for Emacs, the idea of Vim conceding to Emacs is like the notion that the parasitic Alien in the movie of the same name conceded to Sigourney Weaver's shipmates.

roghummal7• 11 years ago

Don't fight this with reason. Let it gently smother you with Emacs. Emacs. Emacs.

NhanH2• 11 years ago

I used vim for a few years before switching to emacs. I don't think there is a definite reason, just multiple of small ones:

- Vim script is ... very awkward to use, to say the least.

- For any reason I'm not sure of, Emacs plugins seem to be more well developed and refined than Vim's. Mind you, there are still land mines that blow up once every blue moon in any plugin, but things like Emacs live certainly was pleasant to start with.

- I started learning Lisp family languages, and Slime/Nrepl etc. wasn't as advanced in Vim. Now that I'm thinking of it, it seems like Emacs plugins for any language tend to have more focused on live coding.

Still, I think Vim keybinding and default editing functionality is better, and apparently that seems to be a common enough sentiment for Evil mode.

roghummal7• 11 years ago

Are you European? (No offense.)

larryweya• 11 years ago

Great to see this coming along, looking forward to working with the new release

roghummal7• 11 years ago

They're really smoothing out the edges. I could see myself advocating for this the next time we're shopping but I'd like to see an option to set a limit on response time.

Great project!

Edit: - apology :D

Alchemist v1.3.1 Is OUT Elixir Tooling Emacs Integration

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