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The Emacs pastoral tradition

Chris Maiorana

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Chris Maiorana explores the idea of Emacs as a playground for leisure disguised as work, from tweaking configurations to writing blog posts.

What we do in Emacs can look a lot like work, and sometimes it is, but often it’s leisure disguised as work. This might include: Writing a blog post in Org Mode, tweaking your init.el. auditioning new packages out of curiosity, trying to play Doom or surf the web in Emacs. Emacs is a kind of playground where we can bring our unique ideas and favorite hobbyhorses and have fun building systems around them. I call this the Emacs pastoral tradition. BLOG post: chrismaiorana.com/emacs-pastoral/ Beta reader call: chrismaiorana.com/hard-pass-beta-readers/

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The Emacs pastoral tradition by Chris Maiorana link to this video Chris Maiorana What we do in Emacs can look a lot like work, and sometimes it is, but often it’s leisure disguised as work. This might include: Writing a blog post in Org Mode, tweaking your init.el. auditioning new packages out of curiosity, trying to play Doom or surf the web in Emacs. Emacs is a kind of playground where we can bring our unique ideas and favorite hobbyhorses and have fun building systems around them. I call this the Emacs pastoral tradition.
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