I agree with this completely. I use emacs for clojure and I really like it, but learning a new language and a new editor at the same time is going to make thing

I agree with this completely. I use emacs for clojure and I really like it, but learning a new language and a new editor at the same time is going to make things harder. There are clojure plugins for most popular editors at this point. Learn with an editor/IDE you understand and like and then switch editors later on if you want to.