Chris Wellons, a veteran open‑source engineer with 24 years of experience, announced his departure from Emacs after two decades, detailing his shift to Vim, the creation of stackcalc and Elfeed2 in C++ with wxWidgets, and the efficiency gains that drove the change.
The article surveys the most popular IDEs for C development on Linux, compares personal preferences such as VSCode, CLion, Vim/Neovim, and Emacs, and examines how large internet firms, embedded‑software companies, fintech, and startups choose their tools based on learning curve, performance, project size, and team policies.
The author recounts personal experiences using heavyweight IDEs like IntelliJ on modest laptops, highlighting issues such as overheating, fan noise, and rapid battery drain, then compares these drawbacks with the lightweight Emacs editor, presenting battery‑usage screenshots and discussing trade‑offs and alternatives.
The author examines why heavyweight IDEs like IntelliJ IDEA strain low‑end laptops, compares performance, battery usage, and ergonomics with lighter editors such as Emacs, and discusses alternatives like Fleet, Eclipse, and VS Code, ultimately concluding that Emacs offers a more lightweight yet capable development experience.
This guide walks through practical ways to make GDB debugging more efficient in the terminal, covering raw command‑line usage, the built‑in TUI mode, CGDB, Emacs GDB integration, and the browser‑based gdbgui, with configuration snippets and key bindings for each tool.
This guide walks you through turning the basic command‑line GDB into a far more efficient debugging environment by using GDB's built‑in TUI, custom .gdbinit scripts, the cgdb front‑end, Emacs gdb‑mode, and the browser‑based gdbgui, complete with key bindings, window layouts and practical tips.
At EmacsConf 2022, Richard Stallman explained GNU Emacs' origins, the GNU project's freedom goals, his criticism of JavaScript's misuse in browsers, and his vision for a more feature‑rich, freedom‑respecting Emacs integrating tools like LibreOffice and TeX.
This article introduces Python as an easy-to-learn language and reviews ten essential IDEs—including Vim, Eclipse with PyDev, Sublime Text, Emacs, Komodo Edit, PyCharm, Wing, PyScripter, Eric, and an interactive editor—helping developers choose the right tool to boost productivity.
The article recounts a recent Emacs‑devel mailing‑list debate where developers, including Richard Stallman, discuss updating Emacs' user interface and overall appeal to compete with modern editors like VS Code and Vim.
