Re: An anonymous IRC user's opinion

[Emanuel Berg]

Dr. Arne Babenhauserheide wrote:

>> My analysis is different. Emacs lacks volunteers who'd sit
>> down and write documentation on how to configure Emacs for
>> this or that job.
>
> I think the problem is different: there are already people
> who write documentation on how to configure Emacs for tasks.
> There are also many .emacs.d reppositories.
>
> There are awesome Emacs setups out there, much better than
> what I have.
>
> What's missing is a way to integrate these efforts into
> Emacs so new users can benefit from them.

100%!

Before I write a `defun', I always think, did someone else
already write this exact defun - in Emacs, in GNU ELPA, on
some -hub or some homepage, anywhere?

And the answer is always, "I don't know".

And then I ask: "Okay, but how do I find out then?"

"I don't know."

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