The only version of Emacs I ever used regularly was (Lucid|X)emacs. According to folks on the Lucid side working with RMS was difficult[1] to say the least. In

The only version of Emacs I ever used regularly was (Lucid|X)emacs. According to folks on the Lucid side working with RMS was difficult[1] to say the least. In the end, Xemacs lost traction (and development) and I moved on from Emacs, it just didn't suit how I wanted to work well. Emacs has the developers to correct the problems but they need to let go over a 40 year old vision and evolve a bit. [1] https://www.jwz.org/doc/lemacs.html https://www.jwz.org/doc/lemacs.html - Of course, this is biased towards to Lucid side of the story. But I remember following this.