From: oldernow@dev.null   
      
   On 2024-04-13, Richmond  wrote:   
      
   > I think in elisp, therefore (setq AM 'I)   
      
   :-)   
      
   > I can't imagine editing without emacs, but it is so much   
   > more than an editor, as I am sure you know. It even has   
   > Tetris built in.   
      
      
      
      
   KIDDING! :-)   
      
   > Among the most useful things are keyboard macros and   
   > keybinding, split windows, multiple editing buffers, and   
   > a built in programming language. And you can use Gnus to   
   > read your email if you really want to.   
      
   Yeah... I was fascinated by the likes. I really really   
   really wanted to like it better than vim. I wish I'd   
   written down my thinking *and* were capable of remembering   
   where I put such things, because I know the details would   
   bring me smiles now.   
      
   I think it was basically two things:   
      
   1) The percentage of typing that was meta (i.e. to tell   
      emacs how to behave) felt too big a percentage of overall   
      typing, and I really wanted more to go toward actual   
      content creation.   
      
   2) I'm vaguely remembering it seeming an unreasonably-sized   
      package, along with more potential for installation woe.   
      And there was a time when size mattered.... ;-)   
      
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