> don't bother with emacs if you're not interested in writing lisp. Strong disagree. I used Emacs as a power user heavily for about a decade with virtually no

> don't bother with emacs if you're not interested in writing lisp. Strong disagree. I used Emacs as a power user heavily for about a decade with virtually no elisp knowledge (beyond simple conditionals and setting variables - I couldn't write a loop for example). Once I learned elisp ... it hasn't been a game changer. Sure, occasionally I tweak things the way I like it with custom elisp code, but there are enough config options and packages out there to do what I need without my having to write elisp code.