From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Luca Ferrari Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Is Emacs very alive, active and improving? Date: Fri, 4 Oct 2013 13:30:15 +0200 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1380886240 16611 80.91.229.3 (4 Oct 2013 11:30:40 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 4 Oct 2013 11:30:40 +0000 (UTC) Cc: help-gnu-emacs , =?ISO-8859-1?Q?Wanessa_Sim=E3o_Barbosa?= To: Jorge Peixoto de Morais Neto Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Oct 04 13:30:42 2013 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 1VS3ai-0004TN-MV for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 04 Oct 2013 13:30:40 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:47362 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VS3ah-0004XA-TB for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 04 Oct 2013 07:30:39 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:33006) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VS3aP-0004W3-Iz for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 04 Oct 2013 07:30:22 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VS3aL-0003mk-1A for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 04 Oct 2013 07:30:21 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-we0-x236.google.com ([2a00:1450:400c:c03::236]:47190) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1VS3aK-0003ln-Nn for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 04 Oct 2013 07:30:16 -0400 Original-Received: by mail-we0-f182.google.com with SMTP id t61so3550603wes.41 for ; Fri, 04 Oct 2013 04:30:15 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject :from:to:cc:content-type; bh=qiYGdYacGp/hHSOUcl1A6Y7d2+aiVtucjtC1GGFgrdM=; b=Cuk4HjN+W+brLunVFy3sBtWRRkxnNLs9A9FCioV3MEmibu90wQEDZzUdPUQb+HGAVi FvvMMfHbypYuqv0P3ToMIlUA5rHj5xlyZ1K3OiTBtnrV6ry8QcSDcotAeynGJrzhjOrI a+Eem+ot/BMiPQhOl2XqVSBD94KWYAOgKwR3NFJaPy27aLEvB4eVtdpqxqDsZ86wfXnA Eunpi8oemRZNVf77wGSYzdXebq8T6k0vsWHV+Me/eWGmEvL+XIqLI7Gz+LV547juPSEW Q6IgA8KwFHWiAyJKAfWg9WsXfDCKQUbC2G6eiQQm+qHUkwJrHHpQ9vhkdY9ot4d78wQ4 CeVA== X-Received: by 10.180.212.51 with SMTP id nh19mr7082389wic.14.1380886215267; Fri, 04 Oct 2013 04:30:15 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: by 10.194.157.194 with HTTP; Fri, 4 Oct 2013 04:30:15 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: X-Google-Sender-Auth: tgDak5hmpYUucwahQ4Z5BiayKMM X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-Received-From: 2a00:1450:400c:c03::236 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:93829 Archived-At: On Tue, Aug 27, 2013 at 12:43 AM, Jorge Peixoto de Morais Neto wrote: > Can I reasonably trust Emacs > to be active and improving by 2018? I don't even trust myself having a job in 2018! Quite frankly, I'm fine in being even the only one using a tool, if such tool simplifies my work. And this is true for Emacs, at least for my job, therefore I'm fine with it even if trends' will say nobody else is appreciating Emacs. By the way, I don't see the problem here: have you ever changed a car, a phone, a television or something else? Changes happen, and in the unlucky case Emacs will not be supported (to the extent you care), you will simply change tool. Don't pretend to use a single tool for any job, use the right one. And today Emacs is pretty much good for a lot of job, but it does not mean it will be the only one or the better one forever. Luca