I use a variety of editors, and it all depends on what kind of editing I am doing. Emacs is good for a lot of things, so I usually keep an instance open, but I

I use a variety of editors, and it all depends on what kind of editing I am doing. Emacs is good for a lot of things, so I usually keep an instance open, but I do not always keep up with the language-specific modes, so I also use language-specific or project-specific software such as Visual Studio or Blackberry JDE (or even occasionally Netscape++) on Windows. Emacs however has a steep learning curve. It is worth it in the long run, but I understand why many people shy away from it. Modern emacs distributions have icons and helpful toolbars and are not too intimidating, so if you think about it, give it a try. Oh yes, and I run vi (vim or gvim) once in a while just so that I would not forget what it feels like, that's all. :-)