Coding #generativeArt can be frustrating! Computers are extremely literal, and never know what you "meant".

Here are some things you can do to get help with problems you're having with your art. 1. Pause, breathe, and read the error.

If you run into a problem and immediately ask someone for help, you won't learn as much as solving it yourself. And if you solve your own problem, you won't have to wait for someone else. So see if you fix your own issue.

One of the most famous text editors is #emacs. It's especially famous for being used for programming.

But that's not all it can do. Here are some tasks I use it for that are not about code. 1. #Screenwriting.

I took a #comedy writing class where all sketches had to be formatted as a screenplay. There's a text-based file format called fountain; those files are converted to pdf.

Luckily, Emacs has fountain mode (github.com/rnkn/fountain-…) for authoring fountain files.

A lot of #programmers are intimidated by powerful, expert tools, like #emacs.

But not everyone has the same experience! I've talked to a lot of programmers who think Emacs is a difficult tool to learn.

It's not. It's a deep tool. There's a lot in it, but you don't have to learn it all at once!

Heck, you don't ever need to learn all of it.

If you can send an email, you can use Emacs.