I find this response baffling. Are you seriously claiming that normal people (non-developers) would do better using Vim/Emacs rather than a Notepad-like editor?

I find this response baffling. Are you seriously claiming that normal people (non-developers) would do better using Vim/Emacs rather than a Notepad-like editor? Or that most normal people aren't used to Notepad-like editors? I despair...