Re: Emacs Survey 2022 - which editor question

[Timothy]

Hi Jean,

Jean Louis <bugs@gnu.support> writes:

> ** Which editor did you use before you started using Emacs? :RadioSelect:
>
> People use Emacs for years, you have forgotten to include “vi” – Vim
> is rather the new “vi”, those people using Emacs for 20+ years did not
> possibly use VS Code or IntelliJ or such new editors.

1. I’m not sure if it’s any more helpful to us to know that people came from vi
   not vim.
2. They can enter “vi” in the other field should they so wish.

> You should include the old editors, and not just let it as a list of
> modern editors.

In these rare cases, the other field is more appropriate than an exhaustive
list.

All the best,
Timothy