> I constantly mis-press some weird key chord and enter a state where I can't do anything unless I restart the app. C-g > You can't just open a file, define a

> I constantly mis-press some weird key chord and enter a state where I can't do anything unless I restart the app. C-g > You can't just open a file, define a new hook or whatever and now your VSCode behaves differently. By that definition of extensibility, even gEdit "could be the new Emacs". > the main difference is that with Emacs you can start hacking any part of the environment right from the start. It's designed to be played with. You just answered your own question.