Not sure what it would mean for VSCode to be the new Emacs. I assume it already has a larger user base and almost as rich a package ecosystem. The question for

Not sure what it would mean for VSCode to be the new Emacs. I assume it already has a larger user base and almost as rich a package ecosystem. The question for me is, will useful development of Emacs modes cease in the future? And will that energy be focused on VSCode instead? I think there’s a chance of that. But ultimately a lot of people who like Emacs don’t like VSCode. I personally think VSCode has chosen the wrong level of abstraction for the API it exposes to extensions, and I think its community doesn’t value UIs that are primarily text based. There are things in VSCode that I hate that can’t ever be fixed. That’s not true in Emacs. It’s always surprising to me when people complain about keybindings for example, when they have complete control over them. I’m also baffled by anyone who thinks VSCode has better documentation than what’s built into Emacs and each of its modes. I’ll be sad if I ever have to abandon it, anyway.