From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Jeremiah Dodds Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Emacs users a dying breed? Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2012 07:17:37 -0400 Message-ID: <87ipejzjce.fsf@friendface.i-did-not-set--mail-host-address--so-tickle-me> 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 1340363874 12474 80.91.229.3 (22 Jun 2012 11:17:54 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2012 11:17:54 +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 13:17:53 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 1Si1s8-0001IX-Jl for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 22 Jun 2012 13:17:52 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:33773 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Si1s8-0001U2-I6 for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 22 Jun 2012 07:17:52 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:35818) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Si1s0-0001Tk-6n for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 22 Jun 2012 07:17:48 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Si1ry-00010q-Hg for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 22 Jun 2012 07:17:43 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-yx0-f169.google.com ([209.85.213.169]:56490) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Si1ry-00010N-B2 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 22 Jun 2012 07:17:42 -0400 Original-Received: by yenr5 with SMTP id r5so1767278yen.0 for ; Fri, 22 Jun 2012 04:17:40 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=from:to:cc:subject:references:date:in-reply-to:message-id :user-agent:mime-version:content-type; bh=4kCQ5vpTNzrYzKzbFG/nAtYeNpL461dBxWmYhCuov6A=; b=i5ThxKnKIfL20bwv97FmZlBiuPyHAozUBm9W8wUq59CQuw8jB/YstYt0ggsktwHb83 FIHrQG1G76nS+KsRuti/95h0DWsCN/XX9xqx6p4TV0mKVvGMKgmKk2JztIBL92MCIZyH FpPXzjAdOW+FKWdnR8nKEmnuoirwkNnltTMy98C3x+sez5V9xOJrlJ5sBWtlXKJRiFTH UQQrTfBVvhXlYpHmyAqQFL+YayL1Rp99/gOXHS8n/EeMrBY2dfSPZlpus8Qq1kUWI7p5 yFvOYJBIU9vOL8lFvLNFYl8e4Y9YAFVI3VG2rY7QNWZqlX2ryzwxtH0PGM2+tkZazoLx K4Ww== Original-Received: by 10.50.11.202 with SMTP id s10mr1112166igb.4.1340363860404; Fri, 22 Jun 2012 04:17:40 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: from friendface (cpe-24-165-217-26.neo.res.rr.com. [24.165.217.26]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id ga6sm20716879igc.2.2012.06.22.04.17.38 (version=SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Fri, 22 Jun 2012 04:17:39 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: (Tom's message of "Fri, 22 Jun 2012 09:40:23 +0000 (UTC)") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.1.50 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-Received-From: 209.85.213.169 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:85366 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? Shouldn't those kinds of improvements > be given more priority which can increase the interest in Emacs? No, why should Emacs and users and developers of Emacs be concerned with increasing the interest in Emacs? It's already a name that practically everyone who writes software has heard of, and the type of people that like it stick with it.