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   From: ldo@nz.invalid   
      
   On Sun, 19 Jan 2025 10:00:53 +0100, Janis Papanagnou wrote:   
      
   > ... you don't need specialized programming to do most   
   > of the complex editing functions.   
      
   I wonder, is it so many decades of conditioning by marketing departments   
   that constrains people to think in terms of market segments? So they   
   automatically think “this product is for marketing segment A, but I’m in   
   marketing segment B, so I don’t need it”?   
      
   In Emacs, most of the editor itself is written using the same programming   
   language you use for your own extensions. There is no “mode” or barrier or   
   wall (or extra-cost “addon”) to separate the situation of using the   
   existing code from that of creating and running your own. So switching   
   from one to the other is seamless: your code hooks into the same   
   invocation system, the same extensible help system, the same UI --   
   everything works the same for your code as for the built-in code.   
      
   --- SoupGate-DOS v1.05   
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