Into The Void

Reinventing Emacs

This morning I started to fall down the rabbit hole of fantasy consoles like the Pico-8 and Tic-80.

I want(ed) a fantasy console that's more a fantasy general computer that lets me use (or make) a simple text editor for Markdown.

It's pretty pointless, but there's something fun and cozy about fantasy consoles that sound like a cool place to settle in and get some fiction writing done.

I haven't dug that deep, but I haven't yet found what I'm looking for.

But then it hit me, a full, self-contained system running inside my computer designed specifically for a cozy creative environment is basically just GNU Emacs.

So, instead of trying to reinvent the wheel and either find or make a fantasy computer tailored for writing, I think I'm just going to try my hand (again) at learning Emacs.

~ V