But the main selling point of Atom is it's plugins. If you don't count the plugins, it's barely even an editor (even syntax highlighting is a plugin). And I a

But the main selling point of Atom is it's plugins. If you don't count the plugins, it's barely even an editor (even syntax highlighting is a plugin). And I agree with the last part as well. Properly configured Emacs and vim can be used as IDEs, however they can also be used as editors.