I read through the comments here a couple hours ago and heard all the same arguments that come up whenever folks talk about emacs vs. other editors|IDEs|platfor

I read through the comments here a couple hours ago and heard all the same arguments that come up whenever folks talk about emacs vs. other editors|IDEs|platforms|OS's. As such, I didn't feel the need to add my own comment to the fray. But as I was scrolling through the front page, the title of the article struck a chord. I'd say that emacs was never popular. It is (and always was) a fairly niche product used by those who found something about it compelling. Even "back in the day" emacs usage was dwarfed by vi (vim didn't exist), notepad, Wordstar, WordPerfect and even ED/EDT[1]. Full disclosure: I am a long-time emacs user (25+ years, preceded by using the Epsilon Programmer's Editor[0] -- a commercial emacs work-alike -- for 5+ years). [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epsilon_(text_editor) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epsilon_(text_editor) [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EDT_(Digital) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EDT_(Digital)