Emacs For Writers
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Science writer Jay Dixit explains how he uses Emacs as a non-programmer to write, edit and research more productively. He shows his plain-text writing workflow and what led him from tools like Scrivener to Emacs.
Why HN recommends it: Recommended as a favorite talk showing Emacs as a writing environment rather than just a programmer's editor.
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