I had a bit of trouble with it at first, until I realized that I was supposed to be pulling it apart and making it bend to my every editing whim. The combinati

I had a bit of trouble with it at first, until I realized that I was supposed to be pulling it apart and making it bend to my every editing whim. The combination of keyboard-focused editing, on-the-fly extensibility, and decently thorough and clear documentation has made emacs my editor of choice for just about everything. Not to mention that you can get a constant source of ideas to code to keep yourself sharp, if that's your sort of thing.