Emacs works at least in part like this. C-x C-e will execute any lisp expression that you specify, wherever you are. also using org babel you can run code from any language, and pass the results to other code in tte buffer, even in a different language (iirc).

in this respect, emacs is really rather good. where it falls down is that it is still single threaded. when running emacs as wm (which i have attempted on occassion) doing anything which takes a while (eg transferring 14gb of mp3s to a usb drive) the whole interface stops.

beyond that, i was very happy with just emacs. i could call other x applications if i needed them (which i rarely did), and being able to fuzzy search for any buffer was very nice.

As a result oy this discussion i definitely want to try acme again. although, working mostly on a laptop in various places, i think navigation could be a bit difficult

jkl Wrote:And still you probably won't regret having spent a decent amount of money on either. :-)

this is true. but at the moment i dont have enough money to warrant spending it on something i wont make regular use of until i have bought it, and may not even then, if that makes sense.