Well, don't use it then :) That's the beautify of Linux, is in it's ability to let one use what they want to use - it's VERY configurable, and I sincerely believe that is an asset. This conversation will quickly go nowhere, just like "which is better vi or emacs" goes nowhere - so I propose we live and let live. We don't, after all, drive the same cars, eat the same foods, listen to the same music, etc. It seems the issue is personal taste more than anything...

Warp wrote:

TigerHawk <tigerhawk@stic.net> wrote:

Dude chill out, the world doesn't revolve around Emacs...


  But why make something that is already done (and better)?

For example, while taking notes for CS I 
prefer to use jed because it's smaller


  Who cares? In modern computers the size of emacs is nothing.

faster


  Faster in what way?
  If I press a key, the correspondent letter appears immediately on the
window. That's fast enough.

  I don't consider speed to be a reason to switch to another editor which
has a lot less features.

and does many of the same things I need it to do.


  That's the point: It does "many", not "all".
  I personally am not prepared to change editor to a "smaller" and "faster"
one if it means I will be losing features I use.

Let's 
face it, Emacs is a dusty old dinosaur


  Why all programs which have existed for long time are "old dinosaurs"?
  The current version of emacs is pretty different from the first emacs
which existed. I wouldn't call it "old".

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