Vlog on Emacs documentation culture
Emacs is the embodiment of the GNU telos
Raw link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6OLSl4l4x4
In this video blog I do something different than what has been the norm lately: I just to talk about Emacs rather than demonstrate some of its cool functionalities.
My thesis is that Emacs has a strong documentation culture, which extends to the entire experience with this tool.
I also discuss how Emacs is the vivid realisation of the GNU telos, which is codified in the four freedoms. Your day-to-day usage of Emacs will most likely cover—or directly benefit from—all of them:
- to use the software as you wish;
- to study its source and to modify it;
- to share the original;
- to share your changes to the original.
Combined with its documentation culture, Emacs is a microcosm of the GNU project’s vision for software freedom.
While not related to this video blog, here is my dotemacs, in case you want to exercise some of that freedom: protesilaos.com/emacs/dotemacs.