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Emacs 2011-2023


A summary of my use of Emacs, and why I stopped using it

In an ironic twist of history, it was Visual Studio that drove me to Emacs in the first place, and what ultimately pulled me away from it: In 2011, I was working on the firmware of a digital mixing console. It was ultimately Emacs that allowed me to tie this hodgepodge of idiosyncratic C+, Git, and the proprietary compiler into a somewhat sane development environment. As particular standouts beyond traditional text editing, I used Emacs' Git-client Magit every single day, and my own org-journal was absolutely vital as my research/work journal.

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Emacs 2011-2023