With emacs, I type "M-x pai", which for me autocompletes to "package-install", and hit enter. Then I type "mark", and from the completions see that there is a

With emacs, I type "M-x pai", which for me autocompletes to "package-install", and hit enter. Then I type "mark", and from the completions see that there is a markdown mode I can install. Then I hit enter, and enjoy a new markdown mode! I use emacs - I don't pretend it's the best thing ever. Vim does seem more conceptually pure, and Emacs is essentially an operating system. But, goddamn, sometimes you just want to sand-blast that soup cracker. I learned Emacs and I have never had to learn anything else, because of the "M-x butterfly effect."