I'll assume those 15 years of Vim acquired a lot of stuff in your .vimrc. Stock Vim is similar to stock Emacs (as you concluded), so I don't know about this com

I'll assume those 15 years of Vim acquired a lot of stuff in your .vimrc. Stock Vim is similar to stock Emacs (as you concluded), so I don't know about this comparison. > then do three days of Googling to add basic features like fuzzy finding, LSP, VCS support you would expect to be built in in 2023. All these things are built in Emacs, except fuzzy finding. For that, you use fzf, just like in Vim. > add in the damn stuff we all know people expect in an editor in 2023 What did people expect in an editor in 2023? I don't use LSP, popups, fancy themes/modelines, or fancy fonts, and I know many devs who prefer the same, especially experienced ones. We expect the same behavior from the editor in 2023, just like we had it in 2003 and want it in 2033. Also, I know many devs who spend all day making their terminals, editor(s), and window managers fancy to show how cool their setup is. But to each their own, and these things are highly subjective.