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Who uses, recommends or left emacs, in their own words: each a verbatim quote with a link to where it was said.
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Emacs I use mostly because it's what I'm used to, and whenever I need it to do something new, it turns out it can already do it.
His written "Uses This" interview, from his years editing the HTML specification.
2012-05-30·usesthis.com ↗
Emacs for editing, which is about half my day.
The Setup (usesthis.com) interview: the hardware and software he uses day to day.
2019-10-10·usesthis.com ↗
My typical coding setup is emacs in iTerm2, with Z Shell for the shell.
Her Uses This interview, on the laptop she regrets and the tools she codes and writes in.
2019-01-15·usesthis.com ↗
For writing code, I use emacs and Google's internal distributed build system (a version of which was open sourced as Bazel) and our version control system
His written "Uses This" interview, from when he led Google Brain.
2017-02-28·usesthis.com ↗
I also use emacs a lot. I type this in emacs, and I read email in emacs (in vm, to be precise). I've used emacs since 1988 and I have email archives from back then.
The Setup (usesthis.com) interview: the machines, cameras and cars he uses.
2014-10-07·usesthis.com ↗
My writing tools have gone through three phases: 1993-2003, mainly emacs in a telnet window.
His Uses This interview, on a deliberately net-centric and disposable setup.
2014-04-15·usesthis.com ↗
I spend a lot of time writing papers and preparing talks with free software: emacs for text editing, LaTeX for typesetting, and IrfanView for editing images.
The Setup (usesthis.com) interview, in which he lists the paper books he is reading and rates them.
2013-07-25·usesthis.com ↗
Emacs, make and bash for all programming. Keynote for slides. Pages for letters.
His written "Uses This" interview, listing his machines, cameras and music gear.
2013-03-28·usesthis.com ↗
Apart from the OS, I'm a C coder and an Emacs user, and what more do you need?
His Uses This interview, answering what hardware and software he works with.
2012-09-04·usesthis.com ↗
Linux (Ubuntu and Debian), Chrome, emacs, screen, Go, Perl, gcc, Gimp, tcpdump, wireshark, Xen, KVM, libvirt.
His Uses This interview, on his home machines, servers and Linux toolchain.
2011-12-16·usesthis.com ↗
I always have Emacs up, in one Terminal. A couple more generally have Lynx.
His Uses This interview, on terminal-centric habits and interactive fiction tooling.
2011-01-22·usesthis.com ↗
I spend most of my time using Emacs. I run it on a text console, so that I don't have to worry about accidentally touching the mouse-pad and moving the pointer, which would be a nuisance.
His Uses This interview, on the one machine he could run entirely on free software.
2010-01-23·usesthis.com ↗
Most of my time is spent with Emacs, Processing, Eclipse, Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop CS3.
His Uses This interview, on the machines and design tools behind his data work.
2009-05-02·usesthis.com ↗
There are many things I dislike about the writing/data/coding setup I use. Emacs carries so much baggage with it, it's tiresome.
The Setup (usesthis.com) interview: an essay-length account of his research and writing toolchain.
2010-10-17·usesthis.com ↗
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