>> I thought SciTE was bad for taking almost 2 MB, but 37 MB for a mere
>> text editor?
> 
> http://www.informatimago.com/linux/emacs-on-user-mode-linux.html

Ah yes. If you can think of something crazy, somebody on the Internt 
will have done it. ;-)

>> Having used FractInt, I know that a text interface *can* be quite
>> efficient. But only after decades of use. FractInt, of course, tells you
>> at almost every step what keys are available. Emacs does not.
> 
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Learning_curve
> 
> (Not that I disagree with you, only that you shouldn't judge too prematurely.)

Well, it does seem to have a few nice ideas. Stuff like marking 
locations in the text so you can return to them, inactivating parts of 
the document you don't want to work on right now, having a delete 
command that cuts rather than deleting, and multiple paste buffers.

The trouble is, the UI looks horrid, and the program is too complicated 
to use.

But hey, lots of people claim it's the most powerful editor ever 
written, and I'm just trying to understand why. So far I haven't seen 
anything really revolutionary.

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