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15 Reasons Why I Use Emacs, With GIFs
VS Code has nothing on Emacs
1. Org Mode
You’ve probably seen/used Markdown before. Org mode has a similar syntax and is also supported by GitHub READMEs, but unlike Markdown it has one specification and it doesn’t have hundreds of flavors.
Keep reading to see what can actually be done, or skip to the following sections:
- 3. Export Org to presentations and documents.
- 5. In-editor LaTeX preview.
- 6. Org agenda
- 9. Executing code blocks.
- 11. Org tables.
2. Vim Bindings
Doom Emacs has great Vim bindings, and so, so many great leader features out of the box.
Unlike VS Code, the Vim bindings plugin isn’t terribly slow, it feels as fast as native, not to mention that they work everywhere; the terminal, opening files, search and replace, and much more, but more on that later.
3. Exporting Org to Presentations and Documents
Thanks to many Org mode extensions, you can export your documents to:
And the conversion process is almost instantaneous.
4. Searching Inside of Emacs
Swiper can be used to fuzzy search inside of files, with highlighting of the selected lines in real-time.
5. In-Editor LaTeX Preview
You can press C-c-x-l or Enter to preview your LaTeX code in the editor itself (provided you have TexLive installed):
