From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Bastien Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Emacs users a dying breed? Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2012 13:07:18 +0200 Organization: GNU Message-ID: <87ipejip09.fsf@gnu.org> References: <9809cd1a-9086-4022-af79-732fb6149f20@q5g2000pba.googlegroups.com> <87mx3vzqd7.fsf@friendface.i-did-not-set--mail-host-address--so-tickle-me> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1340363216 7523 80.91.229.3 (22 Jun 2012 11:06:56 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2012 11:06:56 +0000 (UTC) Cc: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org To: Tom Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Jun 22 13:06:55 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 1Si1hQ-00022D-I5 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 22 Jun 2012 13:06:49 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:58843 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Si1hQ-0006cR-EH for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 22 Jun 2012 07:06:48 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:39968) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Si1hG-0006XZ-98 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 22 Jun 2012 07:06:43 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Si1h9-0006Bi-31 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 22 Jun 2012 07:06:37 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-we0-f169.google.com ([74.125.82.169]:57214) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Si1h8-0006Ad-PN for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 22 Jun 2012 07:06:30 -0400 Original-Received: by wefh52 with SMTP id h52so1421347wef.0 for ; Fri, 22 Jun 2012 04:06:28 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=googlemail.com; s=20120113; h=sender:from:to:cc:subject:in-reply-to:organization:references :user-agent:date:message-id:mime-version:content-type; bh=fM2qsroMtCnB4B/yuwPNOaKjMhb1tL+kytcS8+hDbrI=; b=wLziOqun8nEAQcpjz+Mbwgz7saga2BRmNvKcHDjJmgb71PLPej4UAuH451qwRgKwHy dr6/TTTGlQh0AkdzhFxhmDKP7U4UPN9aeLzS7vAPx5idr8TrJnplFpdX7DTF8/zWPiBh /C9imDqk05peXd8jLa8gtORS+rXdinAq9UMeFPJMEHO63gkHH55cj58fQ3x4ndcJ85Gu YGywUya/2x4KkD4tZQ6zMPHPCIwMApYP0QXzcpuCkwejeVZ3N/6KK4rMD/xSJ11AEDxT 3le2eNUaFkBlLt5maqwOtEUpjxd1DRs69F4lFjDabviRUx92evrvfhsMHBJnWnL8zYvx yJJQ== Original-Received: by 10.216.145.157 with SMTP id p29mr968405wej.65.1340363187850; Fri, 22 Jun 2012 04:06:27 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: from myhost.localdomain (81-64-183-34.rev.numericable.fr. [81.64.183.34]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id gc6sm51405782wib.0.2012.06.22.04.06.26 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Fri, 22 Jun 2012 04:06:27 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: by myhost.localdomain (Postfix, from userid 1000) id BC7ED86BF; Fri, 22 Jun 2012 13:07:18 +0200 (CEST) In-Reply-To: (Tom's message of "Fri, 22 Jun 2012 09:40:23 +0000 (UTC)") User-Agent: Gnus/5.130006 (Ma Gnus v0.6) Emacs/24.1.50 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 74.125.82.169 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:85364 Archived-At: Tom writes: > Jeremiah Dodds 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? I don't think so. The decrease is relative to the rest of available requests/content, which weight and diversity is rapidly increasing. BTW "Eclipse IDE" is decreasing too: http://www.google.com/trends/?q=eclipse+ide -- Bastien