emacs allow primitive programming

Programming and using programmed primitives in emacs is especially intuitive, due to easily accesible editor APIs, keyboard macro system, M-x (as well as global function definition) and keybinding system.

• when I need to convert a org-ref cite to a org-cite cite, I just record a keyboard macro of editing one, with f3 and f4, then use f4 to repeat it on every other.
• In my workflow I highlight pdf a lot, so I bound highlight function to “h”, so it’s more convenient than default C-c C-a h
• inserting screenshot into org file can be done manually by evoking system screenshot program, save it(thinking of a good file structure and filename), type its location, or by org-screenshot-take, which does all the above. This one comes with doom, and I used to use another that does essentially the same thing that I have written myself

As selection of primitives would impact vicinity of state space, by allowing easy primitive programming, emacs allow its user to programme their vicinity with their activities, to:

• avoiding harmful/painful states

when you had to go through a lot of step, make decision on filename/file location just to insert a screenshot, programme it into one primitive of M-x org-screenshot-take or a keybinding like SPC m s t could effectively avoid all those pain

• shorten distance to rewarding states

screenshot: 5 steps -> 1 steps. screenshot is good. accomplishing goal of inserting screenshot is good.