Re: "Why is emacs so square?"

[Bob Newell]

> It's already a good source code editor, and yet its share among
> programmers is < 5%.

Interesting fact, I didn't know this and had assumed it was quite a bit higher.

> As a word processor, it's a lot less capable ... And there are existing Free 
> programs
> that do this better already (like LibreOffice Writer).

You are right, there is LibreOffice, and I don't need Emacs to be
another WYSIWYG word processor.

But that said, it's already a terrific text processor, especially with
org-mode. I've written 8 novels in English, 1 in French, and countless
short stories with Emacs. I couldn't conceive of a more productive
writing tool, and in the writing community I know of many others who
feel the same way.

The AucTeX interface to LaTeX makes publishing feasible, too, although
I admit that's yet another learning curve to traverse.

-- 
Bob Newell
Honolulu, Hawai`i

Via Linux/Emacs/Gnus/BBDB.