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I think this sort of defense of EMacs misses a key point: most people have no interest in running a browser, email, chat, etc. from within their text editor. G
by veilrap 3y ago
I think this sort of defense of EMacs misses a key point: most people have no interest in running a browser, email, chat, etc. from within their text editor.
Generally people prefer to do those sorts of things with specialized applications that are more tailored towards those individual use cases.
- throwawaysalome 3y agoAlas, living in emacs can't be appreciated until you get good at emacs. More than the "one-stop-shop" aspect of it, there's the "everything is a buffer of manipulable text" aspect which, again, can't be appreciated until you make the leap of faith.