I'm not sure what experience you've had with Emacs, but many Emacs users think of Emacs as a platform (with unique benefits) rather than a text editor. I use E

I'm not sure what experience you've had with Emacs, but many Emacs users think of Emacs as a platform (with unique benefits) rather than a text editor. I use Emacs as a platform, can see the benefits of using Emacs as a window manager, but consider the disadvantages (in light of Emacs hangs or crashes) as too much, versus using i3.