I used Vim exclusively in the past, and as an exercise in curiosity and experimentation with Lisp' I dabbled with Emacs. Somehow, during the process of learning

I used Vim exclusively in the past, and as an exercise in curiosity and experimentation with Lisp' I dabbled with Emacs. Somehow, during the process of learning emacs, I gradually abandoned Vim and am using Emacs almost exclusively now (throw in odd IDE like VS and Eclipse here and there). I hadn't even realized I switched Vim for Emacs, it just happened. I can't say I am more productive or anything with it. Probably the thing that took me away into it is that real process of learning Emacs is not actually learning any given set of commands (well, that happens too, of course), but it's more about starting to customize your own Emacs. During that customization process, Emacs grew into something I'd use if I were to build one myself - and, to an extent, I built one myself by customizing it. So, it's like a bio-suit, it's an amorphous mass that grows around to fit you almost perfectly as you tap into it's powers.