Emacs 'mode' and learning `modes`
I've used emacs as my primary editor, (emersive?) environment and de fact o almost-OS for about 20 years now. I read and send my email in it ( vm ), write/run/debug Java in it ( JDEE ), edit and compile my LaTeX in it, edit all other files with it, sometimes with complex macros that others would use Perl to do, and interact with shells inside of it. In the past I've edited and debugged C and C++, HTML and XML in various foo ML modes. The only other major thing I have running on my workstation is my web browser (//and occasionally OpenOffice for reading Word files//). Of course, I will have additional emacs windows open on the 3 or 4 servers I am editing and running code on (and also use tramp to transparently edit remote files). Yes, I've tried Eclipse . I know it quite well: I've even written an Eclipse plugin and published a paper about it ( Takaka: Eclipse Image Processing Plug-in ) . But it does not work for me like emacs does. If Eclipse works for you : that...