I like emacs' aesthetics. It looks like something developers would use in a movie, especially with the colors set dark and the scrollbar on the left where all s

I like emacs' aesthetics. It looks like something developers would use in a movie, especially with the colors set dark and the scrollbar on the left where all scrollbars ought to be. I agree that aesthetics have importance, but they should complement what emacs is and how its used, not make it pretend to be something else. Emacs is a powerful tool, that isn't going to change-- so it should look like one. There are already many editors with a "sleek look"! So users that want that are already using one. They won't switch to emacs if emacs adopts a sleek look, especially because emacs' internals won't match the drapery. Emacs epitomizes the Hole Hawg in Stephenson's excellent "In The Beginning Was The Command Line" (https://steve-parker.org/articles/others/stephenson/holehawg.shtml https://steve-parker.org/articles/others/stephenson/holehawg...). It should lean into that. The users it loses from being overly industrial are ones mostly wouldn't stay, but the ones it gathers will stay because there are few alternatives. There is always a role in the world for serious tools.