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> There is no hard data out there. MELPA has download-numbers. This is hard enouhg to give a rough impression on general package-usage. Looking at them, most p
by slightwinder 6y ago
> There is no hard data out there.
MELPA has download-numbers. This is hard enouhg to give a rough impression on general package-usage. Looking at them, most people are doing software-work, markdown or enhance emacs itself. Even org-packages have only a rather low usage-number.
Which could mean the alternative usages of emacs are all with pre-installed packages or from other sources. Quite possible that there are million org-users who are happy with the basic setup und don't need additional packages from MELPA.
- BeetleB 6y ago> This is hard enouhg to give a rough impression on general package-usage. Not really, because it doesn't have all the numbers for built-in features. As you noted: A huge number of users use Emacs for org-mode, which is built in, and many don't feel the need to upgrade org mode often (I myself upgrade it once every year or two). Also, the sets overlap. Those who use, say, lsp-mode may also use mu4e. That lsp-mode may have more downloads doesn't mean a given user used it more. I myself use Emacs for SW development. Yet the bulk of my Emacs usage is not SW development. It's mail, tracking TODOs, writing notes, keeping track of things, etc.