Re: Emacs users a dying breed?

[Susan Cragin <susancragin@earthlink.net>]

Oh, I think the base is increasing slowly, numerically. I'm a non-technical user, non-programmer, and I started using it because of org-mode. I use it for research, for my daily planner, that sort of thing. 
Once I started using it, I couldn't stop. It doesn't take very many keystrokes to make one realize how special it is. 

-----Original Message-----
>From: djc <newsg@resiak.org>
>Sent: Jun 18, 2012 5:32 AM
>To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
>Subject: Re: Emacs users a dying breed?
>
>Using emacs for more than 30 years.  The emacs users I know are among the 
>most imaginative and competent people I know.  Like many who read this 
>list, they *use* the things that distinguish emacs from other editors: 
>extensibility, macros, network access, subshells, process control, and the 
>many available environments (by which I mean to include mail, Usenet, IDEs, 
>etc.).
>
>I'm deeply appreciative of the people who continue to work on emacs.  I 
>couldn't live without it, and if development ever comes to a halt, I'll 
>probably just keep using the last version forever.
>
>djc