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Re: "Why is emacs so square?"
From: |
Stefan Kangas |
Subject: |
Re: "Why is emacs so square?" |
Date: |
Sun, 19 Apr 2020 01:02:35 +0200 |
Ahmed Khanzada <address@hidden> writes:
> 1. Terminal-based Vim is not like a modern application, yet is more
> popular than Emacs.
How do you know that Vim is more popular than Emacs?
> 3. If Emacs was to become a "modern" app tomorrow, an editor extended
> in Lisp still only has appeal for a minority of programmers
I think features matters more than extension language to most users.
For example, the popularity of Vim is unlikely to be based on the
appeal of an editor extended in Vimscript.
> 4. Most of the push for a "modern look" comes from the desire for Emacs
> to play more nicely with proprietary platforms.
Why do you believe that to be the case?
Best regards,
Stefan Kangas
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