Why use editors like (Neo)Vim/Emacs?

[prko]

I tried emacs, but do not use it. However, integrating i3 with emacs seems very impressive:

Which IDE do you use?

here’s my setup: i3 (tiling) window manager, also little hack to SCHelp css to produce dark gray SC documentation. The post window is actually a separate frame/window. Happy to answer any more questions if you have them. [Screenshot%20from%202019-01-04%2018-13-47]

Which IDE do you use?

Luka’s is way slicker, but this is a typical work layout I would use. I’ve got vmpk parked up top, a help menu off to the side, my code an post buffer in my Emacs window. I don’t know how Luka got his help menu to be inside an Emacs frame! Mine opens up in a separate window and snaps to my Emacs window thanks to i3. Note that this is all on an 11" screen. Being able to close and push windows around to different desktops is really important for me. i3 is amazing for that. [Screenshot_20190104_…