[−]AndrewKemendo · 2026-11-15 Sun 17:15 UTC ·
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>You can have your code/notes open in one buffer and have the website in another, which is useful for documentation, or an article you're following along, etc.
I’m curious what the difference is between that and having pinned windows in Ubuntu
For example I’ll have sublime text, one terminal, a notepad, and a firefox window with multiple tabs, pinned to the four corners of my desktop
Everything You describe is possible without emacs so I’m genuinely trying to understand the appeal
> Everything You describe is possible without emacs so I’m genuinely trying to understand the appeal
The advantage is that it’s a single program with multiple windows with a shared list of buffers. So you can save transform your layout and save it, manipulate the content without any real boundary, unified bookmarks,…
Your WM can’t access sublime and firefox internals. And the last two can’t talk with each other.
[−]AndrewKemendo · 2026-11-15 Sun 17:35 UTC ·
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> Your WM can’t access sublime and firefox internals. And the last two can’t talk with each other.
But why would I want them to as the default interaction?
I can ctrl-c > ctrl-v from one to the other trivially and ffx has console and inspector internals visible with one Function key press
> But why would I want them to as the default interaction?
Some find it useful. One can write code in vim or sublime, the only differences are the specific actions to get it done and the user experience. People will lean towards one another, not for the capability to write code, but for how it’s done.
So what I’m trying to showcase is not the capability, but the Emacs ways of getting it done. You can also implement something with a WM setup or tmux (with w3m). But it’s a different feel and effort, so people like ones and dislike the others.
[−]AndrewKemendo · 2026-11-15 Sun 18:26 UTC ·
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If you don't want to, then you don't want to. Understand you may want things others don't, and vice versa.
Although I don't browse the web with Emacs, I see the utility.
Tell me: How would you select some text, and with a keystroke, send the selected text to yourself via email, with the URL included and the title of the page in the subject line?
[−]AndrewKemendo · 2026-11-15 Sun 18:26 UTC ·
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> Tell me: How would you select some text, and with a keystroke, send the selected text to yourself via email, with the URL included and the title of the page in the subject line?
I think the takeaway for me is that emacs is for people who get enjoyment out of building their own custom computing environment
The example you describe is something I would rarely do so building a process around it would be inefficient for me but if that’s where people want to spend time then great
> I think the takeaway for me is that emacs is for people who get enjoyment out of building their own custom computing environment
For long time users, that's the whole point of Emacs.
> The example you describe is something I would rarely do
I used to do it at work all the time (not with Emacs, but with AutoHotKey). Find a long article I'd really like to read, but don't want to waste time at work. With a keystroke, I'd quickly send the email to me with the URL etc.
I’m curious what the difference is between that and having pinned windows in Ubuntu
For example I’ll have sublime text, one terminal, a notepad, and a firefox window with multiple tabs, pinned to the four corners of my desktop
Everything You describe is possible without emacs so I’m genuinely trying to understand the appeal
The advantage is that it’s a single program with multiple windows with a shared list of buffers. So you can save transform your layout and save it, manipulate the content without any real boundary, unified bookmarks,…
Your WM can’t access sublime and firefox internals. And the last two can’t talk with each other.
But why would I want them to as the default interaction?
I can ctrl-c > ctrl-v from one to the other trivially and ffx has console and inspector internals visible with one Function key press
Some find it useful. One can write code in vim or sublime, the only differences are the specific actions to get it done and the user experience. People will lean towards one another, not for the capability to write code, but for how it’s done.
So what I’m trying to showcase is not the capability, but the Emacs ways of getting it done. You can also implement something with a WM setup or tmux (with w3m). But it’s a different feel and effort, so people like ones and dislike the others.
Although I don't browse the web with Emacs, I see the utility.
Tell me: How would you select some text, and with a keystroke, send the selected text to yourself via email, with the URL included and the title of the page in the subject line?
I think the takeaway for me is that emacs is for people who get enjoyment out of building their own custom computing environment
The example you describe is something I would rarely do so building a process around it would be inefficient for me but if that’s where people want to spend time then great
For long time users, that's the whole point of Emacs.
> The example you describe is something I would rarely do
I used to do it at work all the time (not with Emacs, but with AutoHotKey). Find a long article I'd really like to read, but don't want to waste time at work. With a keystroke, I'd quickly send the email to me with the URL etc.