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Stevey's Tech Talk E39 -- A guided tour of Emacs

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What it is

Steve Yegge records himself working in Emacs and shows off about a dozen features in a roughly 45-minute screen capture. It is an informal, enthusiastic tour rather than a structured tutorial.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN people recommend it as an excellent, convincing overview of Emacs for newcomers and skeptics, shown by someone who clearly loves it.

  • 5 people recommended it
  • 5 different months
  • 3 strong recommendations
  • first 2022, last 2024

What HN commenters said

  1. “it was really cool to see some of the features from someone who was very enthusiastic about it.”

    Enthusiastic tour of Emacs features.

    bko, 2022-04 · Strong recommendation · in “Ask HN: What Are You Up To? (April 2022)”

  2. “I found this overview video from Steve Yegge as excellent.”

    Excellent overview for those new to Emacs.

    323, 2022-12 · Strong recommendation · in “Emacs User Survey – 2022 Results”

  3. “Two videos by Steve Yegge should be enough to convince the most dyed-in-the-wool anti-Emacser to consider re-evaluating their position.”

    Convincing even for anti-Emacs people.

    ehecatl42, 2023-03 · Strong recommendation · in “Master Emacs in One Year”

  4. “check out this video of Steve Yegge doing some stuff in Emacs”

    Emacs used expertly in practice.

    snapdaddy, 2023-05 · Recommendation · in “How to Get Started with Tree-Sitter”

  5. “He has also recorded two videos on youtube demonstrating some of emacs' features that I really like.”

    Demonstrates Emacs features.

    geospeck, 2024-02 · Recommendation · in “The Second Golden Age of Emacs”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: emacs, text editors, steve yegge, screencast, developer tools

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