> The most prominent example would be evil mode but there is also viper and several newer implementations of modal editing and features first dreamed up for vim

> The most prominent example would be evil mode but there is also viper and several newer implementations of modal editing and features first dreamed up for vim. Similar to != compatible. Evil-mode is inspired by vim, but you can't use it on vim. Elisp isn't written to be as compatible as vimscript as possible. They are two distinct projects. GNOME wants to become its own distinct project, not because of superiority or dislike about other DEs, but because they want to go for strict conventions and exotic ideas which are often at odds with other DEs philosophies. I am still waiting to hear why this is so bad. I don't hear anyone hating ElementaryOS for trying to do the same.