On 29.03.19 10:50, Gian Uberto Lauri wrote: > >>>>> "EC" == Erik Christiansen <dva...@internode.on.net> writes: > > EC> Yes, yes, reflexive combativeness is jolly good fun, but > EC> understanding is more useful in the long term. > > In my experience, if the language is elegant and wise, you can write > your code "easily" and often you get better coding. > > EC> word used refers to being an analogue, i.e. taking the same place > EC> in the other editor. > > As someone else wisely pointed out in this thread (my apologies for > forgetting the name), Emacs is built in Lisp, the interpreter and some > speed critical parts are coded in C, but the latter are somewhat "C > coded Lisp objects". > > Differently from other tools that can be extended with "plugins", in > Emacs is simpler to pass from the "I know which key to press" to the > "I know what code to write" - provided you have some minimal knowledge > of Lisp syntax and constructs - because in Emacs every keystroke > triggers a function call and you Emacs tells you which function is > invoked, how to use it and even, if you have the lisp sources > installed, see its implementation. That's how some "random amateur > lisp coder" was able to bang the original html-helper-mode to the tool > he used to survive ASP pages :).
Yup, again, output-only mode - unrelated to input. A ROM-based monologue doesn't make for much of a conversation, certainly not a thoughtful one. Erik