From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: S Boucher Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Emacs users a dying breed? 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X-Received-From: 98.139.212.178 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:85271 Archived-At: ---2012143828-476402028-1339986746=:80168 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable I've been using emacs since as far back as 18.59.=A0 Still use it daily.=0A= =0AHowever, I often wonder where Emacs is heading.=A0 Most places I work, I= 'm in the minority - and that's an understatement - as an Emacs user.=0A=0A= I learned Lisp because of Emacs and it's a cool language, but almost no one= cares to learn Lisp.=0A=0AI can't live without Emacs, but in some areas Em= acs tend to be lacking.=0A=0AAs I just noticed that Emacs 24 is now stable = it still amazes me that there's still a lot of development going on, consid= ering my sense of isolation as an Emacs user, and the impression that Emacs= users is a dying breed.=0A=0ASince this is a help group, am I required to = end with a question mark? :-)=0A=0ARegards, ---2012143828-476402028-1339986746=:80168 Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
I've been using = emacs since as far back as 18.59.  Still use it daily.

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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 u= ser.

I learned Lisp because of Emacs and it's a co= ol 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 st= ill 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 user= s is a dying breed.

Since this is a help group, am= I required to end with a question mark? :-)

Regards,

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