that is another monster.
only in terms of disk space.
I personally know several people who use it
for macho reasons, and it is a serious hindrance to their productivity.
that happens only when people use it to ``show off" that they are techies. Most emacs users i've met knew what they were doing. There are the show off's as well, and i've met only one till now and on further observation i found out he was a windoze user.
It is like the harley davidson bike - the owner is so
busy tuning it and bragging about it that he rarely gets to go anywhere.
You don't ALWAYS have to do it. Start with a file(buffer), 99% the kind of file you are working already has a mode. If you still feel its not complete then define macros as and when needed. Not all the timeyou work on it.
If i program, i like specialised tools - one for html, js
and css, another for python, another for text editing, another for remote editing ...
Also understandable. However emacs can do all of the above as well.
Anyway for the record i fully acknowledge and respect your opinion and choice of not using emacs. i think i have started enough flame wars this week :-) and have no intention of starting any more(just yet) :-)
Emacs lovers can be with emacs, others can be happy with their free(as in freedom) tools.
Regards,
- vihan