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points by wilkystyle 8 hours ago | 0 comments

I definitely agree with this. Literally the only time I use lisp is when working on my Emacs configuration, but after almost 20 years of using it to write all sorts of functionality from big to small things, just having the exposure to lisp has really helped expand my thinking about programming in ways that working with e.g. C, Python, Rust may not have.

One last thing on the Vim emulation front: While I'm not a big fan of VSCode, the VSCode-Neovim extension[0] connects to an actual Neovim instance via Neovim's MessagePack-RPC API, allowing you to use real Neovim but native in VS Code. Pretty cool!

0: https://github.com/vscode-neovim/vscode-neovim

[–] iLemming 1 hour ago

afaik, even with the extension it only affects the editor pane - any other windows still require tons of mouse use. I'm not mouse-nazi, but years of one-handed use of it have created tons of problems for me - in the neck, wrists and my back. All kinds of mice I tried didn't help - magic trackpad, vertical, ergonomic, etc. I'm sure this is pretty common.

I keep thinking of maybe I should learn to become ambidexter mouse user, and if I ever have to become a VSCoder (I pray not), I still may have to. For now, Emacs and vim and reduced mouse use are working.