@mattsheffield@mastodon.social
2026-10-21 00:12 UTC
I love #Emacs but never use it for coding since I like Kate/KWrite so much for programming. I also like the joe editor because its cursor and its selection block are separate.
But for writing and note-taking, if you're only doing text, you can't beat Emacs Org-mode.
There are also some interesting distraction-free writing modes like this one: https://github.com/joostkremers/writeroom-mode
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@bms@mastodon.bsd.cafe 2026-10-21 02:00
@mattsheffield@mastodon.social I brought KScope back from the dead, ported it from Qt4 to Qt6. It wraps Kate with interactive CScope database lookup for navigating large C/C++ projects without requiring that they compile, unlike e.g. JetBrains CLion.
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@ctietze@mastodon.social 2026-10-21 04:53
@mattsheffield@mastodon.social can recommend olivetti-mode (one limited, centered column of text) and centered-cursor-mode (overscroll, typewriter scrolling) they compose quite well together and you can activate them individually, too, if needed. I'm interested in the joe editor selection thing you mention. Can you share pictures?