Comment by iLemming

> still convince absolutely no one who wasn't already convinced.

I don't know, people change their opinions all the time. I wasn't convinced about many ideas throughout my career, but I'm glad I found convincing arguments for some of them later.

> wanting an editor which is intuitive to use

Are you implying that Vim and Emacs are not?

Intuitive != Familiar. What feels unintuitive is often just unfamiliar. Vim's model actually feels pretty intuitive after the initial introduction. Emacs is pretty intuitive for someone who grokked Lisp basics - structural editing and REPL-driven development. The point is also subjective, for some people "intuitive editor" means "works like MS Word", but that's just one design philosophy, not an objective standard.

Tools that survive 30+ years and maintain passionate user bases must be doing something right, no?

> the new technology doesn't absolutely perfect fit their own way of working.

Emacs is extremely flexible, and thanks to that, I've rarely complained about new things not fitting my ways. I bend tools to fit my workflow if they don't align naturally — that's just the normal approach for a programmer.