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Because it’s hard to beat the ecosystem around VSCode. VSCode extensions take it from an OK text editor to an almost-emacs replacement.


Funny thing, I waited a little and then added some new, great emacs implementations of everything people were saying was so great about VSCode.


Yeah, lsp-mode for Emacs exists because Microsoft created LSP for VS Code, so I'm glad VS Code was created even though I'll never use it.

(I installed VS Code to see what the fuss was about and the first thing I wanted to do was hide the tabs because tabs are a useless eyesore in a text editor. But when I searched for a way to hide them, I read that it wasn't possible. Madness. I'll never understand how tech enthusiasts can enjoy using software that provides them with so little control.)




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