Re: "Why is emacs so square?"

[ndame]

> Oh yes, because everyone chooses Emacs for hipster graphics

> rather than for a free, sophisticated tool that lets you get

> work done.

You may not care about visual appearance, but many people do and they want a tool which is pleasant to look at.

Even on the Emacs subreddit which is a place for active Emacs users people often post packages which pimp up Emacs:

https://preview.redd.it/nu0zfp2rcds41.png?width=1072&format=png&auto=webp&s=6913236a90c2315dcddd4a4224f7d72b1ab19d19

https://i.imgur.com/ZJW9UN4.png