> That's great and all, but people who are learning emacs for the first time don't know or care that it's one of the most successful text editors or that it's b

> That's great and all, but people who are learning emacs for the first time don't know or care that it's one of the most successful text editors or that it's been around for 40 years I don't think this is true. In fact, I think most people that start in Emacs do so because they've heard that old experts use it, and know they will have to put some effort in to understand why.