From: Ashton Kemerling <ashtonkemerling@gmail.com>
To: Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Emacs as WM
Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2014 19:04:08 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87siktp9x3.fsf@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <pkfvgtbjrx.fsf@fencepost.gnu.org> (Glenn Morris's message of "Mon, 18 Aug 2014 16:54:58 -0400")
I think at this point Emacs is about as far from a WYSIWYG editor as you
can get, and that is what attracts a fair amount of its users. Despite
constant competitive pressure from prettier and more specialized editors
like RubyMine, Eclipse, and similar; Emacs continues to survive due to
the depth of its customizability and community.
I guess its customizability means that there is nothing stopping anyone
from making a WYSIWYG plugin, but I would be shocked if it got a lot of
usage for two reasons:
1) A lot of the people choosing Emacs use it because it isn't WYSIWYG.
2) Most people who are a fan of WYSIWYG want a shallow learning curve
with a shallow product. They aren't interested in dedicating lots of
time to master a product that they might not use enough to justify it.
But hey, I could be wrong.
--
Ashton Kemerling
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2014-08-19 1:04 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 42+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-08-08 20:35 Emacs as WM Matthew Plant
2014-08-08 20:51 ` John Yates
2014-08-08 23:04 ` Feng Shu
2014-08-11 8:19 ` Samuel El-Borai
2014-08-08 22:49 ` joakim
2014-08-11 1:44 ` Richard Stallman
2014-08-11 7:33 ` document sharing (was Re: Emacs as WM) Nic Ferrier
2014-08-11 14:36 ` Emacs as WM Stefan Monnier
2014-08-12 3:15 ` Richard Stallman
2014-08-12 13:59 ` Stefan Monnier
2014-08-13 3:58 ` Richard Stallman
2014-08-13 12:53 ` Stefan Monnier
2014-08-13 22:48 ` Richard Stallman
2014-08-14 2:43 ` Matthew Plant
2014-08-15 1:03 ` Richard Stallman
2014-08-15 2:59 ` Stefan Monnier
2014-08-15 17:48 ` Richard Stallman
2014-08-15 19:08 ` Stefan Monnier
2014-08-16 2:19 ` Matthew Plant
2014-08-16 3:06 ` Richard Stallman
2014-08-17 14:47 ` Ashton Kemerling
2014-08-18 1:07 ` Richard Stallman
2014-08-18 2:39 ` andres.ramirez
2014-08-18 14:41 ` Eli Zaretskii
2014-08-18 20:13 ` andres.ramirez
2014-08-18 20:54 ` Glenn Morris
2014-08-19 1:04 ` Ashton Kemerling [this message]
2014-08-19 2:45 ` Eli Zaretskii
2014-08-19 4:56 ` Ashton Kemerling
2014-08-19 5:58 ` Tom
2014-08-19 14:56 ` Eli Zaretskii
2014-08-19 15:21 ` Tom
2014-08-19 15:39 ` Eli Zaretskii
2014-08-19 15:48 ` David Kastrup
2014-08-19 13:09 ` Richard Stallman
2014-08-20 1:55 ` Alexis
2014-08-20 2:16 ` andres.ramirez
2014-08-21 2:41 ` Richard Stallman
2014-08-21 2:59 ` andres.ramirez
2014-08-21 6:15 ` Matthew Plant
2014-08-22 9:48 ` Garreau, Alexandre
2014-08-21 20:33 ` Josh
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