From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Dan Espen Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Emacs users a dying breed? Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2012 00:22:03 -0400 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Message-ID: References: <1339986746.80168.YahooMailNeo@web161603.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1339993514 28272 80.91.229.3 (18 Jun 2012 04:25:14 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2012 04:25:14 +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 06:25:13 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 1SgTWb-00013Z-5a for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 18 Jun 2012 06:25:13 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:40229 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SgTWa-0005o0-RF for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 18 Jun 2012 00:25:12 -0400 Original-Path: usenet.stanford.edu!news.tele.dk!news.tele.dk!small.news.tele.dk!proxad.net!feeder1-2.proxad.net!usenet-fr.net!de-l.enfer-du-nord.net!feeder2.enfer-du-nord.net!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!mx04.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help Original-Lines: 34 Injection-Info: mx04.eternal-september.org; posting-host="eEvqGQsJJYL9/mBIdBpRPw"; logging-data="4462"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19my/Z0ndMw2mEHRz4LDFOBISHCROdFWEE=" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.3 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:gu8aea4yQ1Wk0Pz9DHYZH+qL0yY= sha1:04e/vTxaM0OFjylk0COr2nVdsYg= Original-Xref: usenet.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.help:192879 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:85275 Archived-At: Jeremiah Dodds writes: > S Boucher writes: > >> I've been using emacs since as far back as 18.59.  Still use it daily. >> >> However, I often wonder where Emacs is heading.  Most places I work, I'm in the >> minority - and that's an understatement - as an Emacs user. >> >> I learned Lisp because of Emacs and it's a cool language, but almost no one >> cares to learn Lisp. >> >> I can't live without Emacs, but in some areas Emacs tend to be lacking. >> >> As I just noticed that Emacs 24 is now stable it still amazes me that there's >> still a lot of development going on, considering my sense of isolation as an >> Emacs user, and the impression that Emacs users is a dying breed. >> >> Since this is a help group, am I required to end with a question mark? :-) >> >> Regards, > > > I have never worked anywhere where anyone else used Emacs. I've also > never worked anywhere where people were not pretty impressed with the > level of efficiency I had while editing, particularly for things like JS > frameworks that don't have widespread editor support. Emacs often spreads quietly. Lots of people I've worked with have seen the light. -- Dan Espen