Why isn't emacs installed by default
Alexandre Oliva
aoliva at redhat.com
Tue Jun 5 00:41:28 UTC 2007
On Jun 4, 2007, "Jeff Spaleta" <jspaleta at gmail.com> wrote:
> Mugshot does include Emacs in its application stats as a text editor.
Heresy! :-) Emacs is not a text editor. It just plays one on TV.
Seriously, there are people who us it as a text editor only, but
that's like saying that a computer is just a typewriter.
Personally, I just use it as an IDE, a programmable calculator, an
e-mail reader and for some limited web browsing, but I know some
people use it for IRC and many other needs as well.
Try that with gedit, vim, kate, jed or even eclipse ;-)
Ok, eclipse is programmable and extensible too, so that one might
stand a chance ;-)
As for the others, they are indeed just text editors.
Sorry, it just makes me sad when people compare Emacs with text
editors.
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