Comment by xedrac
4 hours ago
I use emacs daily (with vim keybindings of course), but I completely understand why vscode is so popular. It's extremely easy to get started with, has features galore, and sane defaults. Emacs takes much more effort to get productive with, although this is improving with each release.
In general, I find that good defaults are rather undervalued and downplayed in the FOSS world.
Configurability is great but without good defaults it can also be a liability. Would-be users will bounce off long before they like the software enough to pore through pages of options.
You speak from my heart. How many years did it take Debian to activate syntax highlighting for nano? Is the bash history still very short? So many low hanging fruits.
Same with no screenshots on github projects (For GUI projects)