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Re: Emacs users a dying breed?
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Richard Riley |
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Re: Emacs users a dying breed? |
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Fri, 22 Jun 2012 14:21:27 +0200 |
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Andreas Röhler <andreas.roehler@easy-emacs.de> writes:
> Am 22.06.2012 13:17, schrieb Jeremiah Dodds:
>> Tom <adatgyujto@gmail.com> writes:
>>
>>> Jeremiah Dodds <jeremiah.dodds <at> gmail.com> writes:
>>>>
>>>> I think it's more like "attracting more users is less of a priority than
>>>> appealing to what others are used to", there's plenty of improvement and
>>>> development of Emacs going on.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Yes, but if we take Google Trends as an indicator interest in Emacs
>>> is decreasing:
>>>
>>> http://www.google.com/trends/?q=emacs
>>>
>>> Shouldn't it be a concern? Shouldn't those kinds of improvements
>>> be given more priority which can increase the interest in Emacs?
>>
>> No, why should Emacs and users and developers of Emacs be concerned with
>> increasing the interest in Emacs? [ ... ]
>
> Because it might exists reasons for the decline, which are to discuss before
> it's to late.
> IMO it is late already...
Agreed. Some basic tidying and emacs would/might get a new lease of
life. mixed mode, java, auto completion, some tutorial on how to actually
use cedet without a degree in compiler design :)
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