I liked sublime but I found that when I wanted to do any power editing (refactoring, ...) I'd go back to vim. Now I used VimR + Solarized on the Mac. emacs is

I liked sublime but I found that when I wanted to do any power editing (refactoring, ...) I'd go back to vim. Now I used VimR + Solarized on the Mac. emacs is plenty powerful and I tried it for awhile. I think if you start out with emacs, you'll stick with it. I do like your point about being more productive without the mouse.