Thank you! Your brief words have solidified my intention to bear faithful witness to the future growth of emacs, helping me conclude that the most valuable asset acquired by the emacs community through decades of accumulation and evolution is perhaps the right philosophies. It is not just a community now but more or less a school of thoughts. And no matter how fanciful “modern” software may look like, the adjective “modern” points directly to their ephemeral nature. In the long term, the right philosophies, being closer to nature, will always prevail, and we will slowly but surely figure out the right approaches to not only graphics but also many more. I look forward to that day.
Thank you!
You are welcome☺.
Your brief words have solidified my intention to bear faithful witness
to the future growth of emacs, helping me conclude that the most
valuable asset acquired by the emacs community through decades of
accumulation and evolution is perhaps the right philosophies. It is
not just a community now but more or less a school of thoughts. And no
matter how fanciful “modern” software may look like, the adjective
“modern” points directly to their ephemeral nature. In the long term,
the right philosophies, being closer to nature, will always prevail,
and we will slowly but surely figure out the right approaches to not
only graphics but also many more. I look forward to that day.
The idea that Emacs is stuck in the past or “slow” makes no sense;
Emacsers are so empowered thanks to software freedom. They keep
experimenting within the community, and periodically, the good
packages eventually become available within Emacs.
The idea that Emacs is stuck in the past or “slow” makes no sense;
The relative or seeming slowness of advancement is not necessarily derogatory, though; I’d argue that, regardless of the area in which one works, the right course is almost inevitably slower in appearance than the contemporarily fashionable ones, for it requires more patience, more contemplation. Though I should admit sooner that I know not how to describe the property of being right in precision. It would be nonsensical to think of using Emacs as slow, for sure, but the continuous development of Emacs as an ecosystem, or that of any genuinely good project, must be relatively slower.
Emacsers are so empowered thanks to software freedom
Yes! This I can already relate to despite my inexperience. A personal understanding would be that freedom is in some sense equivalent to, or is derived from, generality. This is a very precious characteristic.
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