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# On the design of text editors
Nicolas P. Rougier

Live Q&A: <https://bbb.emacsverse.org/b/ban-n56-wmv-z3e>

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Text editors are written by and for developers. They  come
with a large set of default and implicit choices in terms of layout,
typography, colorization and interaction that hardly change from one
editor to the other. It is not clear if these implicit choices derive
from the ignorance of alternatives or if they derive from developers'
habits, reproducing what they are used to. Durint this talk, I will
characterize these implicit choices and illustrate what are some
alternatives using GNU Emacs.

# Outline

1. Review of a "modern" code editor (5mn)
2. Introduction of an alternative using Emacs (5mn)

## Links from the slides:

* [Elegant Emacs](https://github.com/rougier/elegant-emacs) (https://github.com/rougier/elegant-emacs)
* [On the Design of Text Editors](https://arxiv.org/abs/2008.06030) (https://arxiv.org/abs/2008.06030)
* [N Λ N O Emacs](https://github.com/rougier/nano-emacs) (https://github.com/rougier/nano-emacs)
* [svg-lib (ELPA)](https://elpa.gnu.org/packages/svg-lib.html) (https://elpa.gnu.org/packages/svg-lib.html)
* [nano-theme (ELPA)](https://elpa.gnu.org/packages/nano-theme.html) (https://elpa.gnu.org/packages/nano-theme.html)
* [nano-modeline (ELPA)](https://elpa.gnu.org/packages/nano-modeline.html) (https://elpa.gnu.org/packages/nano-modeline.html)
* [nano-agenda (ELPA)](https://elpa.gnu.org/packages/nano-agenda.html) (https://elpa.gnu.org/packages/nano-agenda.html)

## Contact information
* Contact [nicolas.rougier@inria.fr](mailto:nicolas.rougier@inria.fr)
* Follow my work at [github.com/rougier](https://github.com/rougier)
* Support my work at [github.com/sponsors/rougier](https://github.com/sponsors/rougier) or [en.liberapay.com/rougier/](https://en.liberapay.com/rougier/)

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