Re: Keybinding styles

[tomas]

On Sat, Sep 04, 2021 at 10:52:12PM +0200, Stefan Kangas wrote:

[...]

> They are principally meant for users of GNU/Linux, as that is the
> primary OS that Emacs is developed for.  Keep in mind that not
> everyone who uses GNU/Linux is automatically a power user [...]

Is that just a "gut feeling" or do you have anecdote/data to back
that up?

I don't have data, but at least anecdote to offer: as someone pretty
well immersed in GNU/Linux circles, I see semi-power users mostly
using Geany or (second) KEdit; non-power users even tend to use
LibreOffice (remember, on the Dark Side folks also insist on using
Word as a text editor, because a text is a text is a text [1], right?

Power users in GNU/Linux split (unevenly) between Vi(m) and Emacs.
Some sprinklings of nano who upgraded form the more advanced
group above.

My hunch (but remember: I've got anecdote, not data) is: A GNU/Linux
Emacs user is, in the overwhelming majority of the cases, perfectly
well-equipped to beat her Emacs config into whichever submission she
needs. Actually, she'll enjoy doing that.

Exceptions to the above (and IMHO /these/ would be the interesting
ones) might be "special" cases: those for whom Emacs solves a very
specific problem no other editor does well: think speech integration,
cross-language literate programming, humanities, things like that.

All of that my hunches, of course.

Cheers

[1] cue in seasoned sysadmins trying to rescue a situation where
   /etc/passwd has been edited with Word: yes, I've had that!

 - t

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