From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Tom Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Emacs learning curve Date: Thu, 15 Jul 2010 10:31:56 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: References: <4C3B6A8A.80105@gmx.de> <87wrt0e81n.fsf@telefonica.net> <62E9699C07054418AB66F9C5FCB54E5C@us.oracle.com> <87sk3oe3la.fsf@telefonica.net> <1154D96E7D2F401D849266F359E44BB9@us.oracle.com> <87ocecdzou.fsf@telefonica.net> <2256C17F740A425884AD551DE7758056@us.oracle.com> <87fwzodqqm.fsf@telefonica.net> <5138CDF30B2D4B778F948015614DA7BC@us.oracle.com> <87iq4ijtdy.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> <838w5dgln1.fsf@gnu.org> <87d3updqup.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> <874og1dov4.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1279189947 12050 80.91.229.12 (15 Jul 2010 10:32:27 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 15 Jul 2010 10:32:27 +0000 (UTC) To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu Jul 15 12:32:25 2010 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OZLjs-0007HL-Py for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 15 Jul 2010 12:32:25 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:45677 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1OZLjs-00073w-6C for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Thu, 15 Jul 2010 06:32:24 -0400 Original-Received: from [140.186.70.92] (port=54419 helo=eggs.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1OZLjh-00072P-IV for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 15 Jul 2010 06:32:14 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OZLjg-00036m-Ev for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 15 Jul 2010 06:32:13 -0400 Original-Received: from lo.gmane.org ([80.91.229.12]:38369) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OZLjg-00036f-7v for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 15 Jul 2010 06:32:12 -0400 Original-Received: from list by lo.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OZLjZ-0007A7-9Z for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Thu, 15 Jul 2010 12:32:07 +0200 Original-Received: from 94-21-242-87.pool.digikabel.hu ([94.21.242.87]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 15 Jul 2010 12:32:05 +0200 Original-Received: from levelhalom by 94-21-242-87.pool.digikabel.hu with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Thu, 15 Jul 2010 12:32:05 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 13 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: sea.gmane.org User-Agent: Loom/3.14 (http://gmane.org/) X-Loom-IP: 94.21.242.87 (Opera/9.80 (Windows NT 6.1; U; en) Presto/2.6.30 Version/10.60) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:127348 Archived-At: David Kastrup gnu.org> writes: > > > > Maybe they use Eclipse which is a bloated monster, and while they do > > Java development in it, they want a more efficient editor for their > > simpler editing needs. Why couldn't Emacs be this editor if it is easy > > to use casually? > > Uh, because it fits the "bloated monster" moniker at least as well? > According to my limited experience with Eclipse Emacs is a slim dancer compared to it.