On: Emacs v. Vi Is Rooted in the Love of Lisp

[cheez]

This means you're not writing enough elisp and if you amortize it over a year, then you are spending as much time as you should.

FWIW, I have about 1KLOC in elisp custom code.

[maigret → cheez]

Not that I disagree much with your point, but I remember Richard Stallman himself told to have almost no customization in his Emacs (can't find a reference now but feel free to prove me wrong). This tend to be very useful while using the editor on lots of different machines (and yes, I know of remote editing).

[cheez → maigret]

If I wrote my own editor, I probably wouldn't need any customizations either.

[reeses → maigret]

Now, when I am annoyed at what I believe to be an absurd default setting, I'm going to clench my fists and grumble,"Stallman!"

[cheez → reeses]

I do that all the time!

[hornetblack → maigret]

You could probably say that Emacs originally was Stallman's customizations. He made the editor how he wanted it.