#Irreal highlighted @jbaty blog post on the "gravitational pull of emacs" a cyclic moving away for simplicity's sake and a gradual pull back as personal comforts of customisations coax and inevitable return to #emacs
I've noticed a similar tidal motion back and forth, but instead of simple note-taking apps I flow between Emacs and other simpler #FOSS editors, like #Featherpad or #Notepadplusplus
Ultimately the draw & utility of #OrgMode sucks me back into Emacs and has me nuzzling comfortably back in my custom config.
This is probably a result of trying to walk the tight rope of balance between literally "getting things done" (not the GTD system) and "making life easier" with settings & customising.
I suppose, one day, the customisations might reach a stable state & the use of other editors becomes unnecessary. Balance achieved. Enlightenment.
But you know, in tech, everything moves on eternally so the balance undulates softly over time. Not to mention our lives and needs also shift over time.
So perhaps this do-si-do dance we do, will always be?
I really enjoy reading this blog. Today I think I have found a solution to a long unsolved question: It's the "org-tree-to-indirect-buffer" function (bound to C-c C-x b).
@galdor@publicvoit@nickanderson I believe the great majority of #Emacs or any users do not need PGP’s complexity and providing a simple alternative would be very valuable. My attempts were not successful.
However, in my case, I'm using my #OpenPGP setup also for #mutt email workflows and file encryption outside of Emacs. With that, I do have some advantages when using only one encryption keyring from #gnupg.
YMMV
If there would be an Emacs-specific alternative, I'd still switch to it I guess. (Depends on the implementation details.)
No particular topic was interesting enough for me to hand in a talk myself this year. But you'll see plenty of others doing great stuff related to #Emacs!