From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Susan Cragin Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Emacs users a dying breed? Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2012 06:53:28 -0400 (GMT-04:00) Message-ID: <23199985.1340016809159.JavaMail.root@mswamui-bichon.atl.sa.earthlink.net> Reply-To: Susan Cragin NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1340016825 28337 80.91.229.3 (18 Jun 2012 10:53:45 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2012 10:53:45 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Jun 18 12:53:42 2012 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1SgZaX-0008FC-TU for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 18 Jun 2012 12:53:42 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:56660 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SgZaX-0006oU-VT for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 18 Jun 2012 06:53:41 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:42399) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SgZaS-0006oM-St for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 18 Jun 2012 06:53:38 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SgZaO-0006hG-3c for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 18 Jun 2012 06:53:36 -0400 Original-Received: from elasmtp-kukur.atl.sa.earthlink.net ([209.86.89.65]:34160) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SgZaN-0006h3-VO for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 18 Jun 2012 06:53:32 -0400 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=dk20050327; d=earthlink.net; b=MDuqez4JQufapLamxiyzVq5haP/G3sg71pGmLKU3kfi3OK3GFE3xdyDOMsrTGZT7; h=Message-ID:Date:From:Reply-To:To:Subject:Mime-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding:X-Mailer:X-ELNK-Trace:X-Originating-IP; Original-Received: from [209.86.224.26] (helo=mswamui-bichon.atl.sa.earthlink.net) by elasmtp-kukur.atl.sa.earthlink.net with esmtpa (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1SgZaL-0001rm-41 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 18 Jun 2012 06:53:29 -0400 Original-Received: from 71.181.58.75 by webmail.earthlink.net with HTTP; Mon, 18 Jun 2012 06:53:28 -0400 X-Mailer: EarthLink Zoo Mail 1.0 X-ELNK-Trace: 98d08d9d16ee8658cc6af23ae4a692329ef193a6bfc3dd48a176c0bf683a43954e75ccfccd72ff81666fa475841a1c7a350badd9bab72f9c350badd9bab72f9c X-Originating-IP: 209.86.224.26 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.4-2.6 X-Received-From: 209.86.89.65 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:85282 Archived-At: 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 >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