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<p>Recently I came across this tweet about Emacs and its users:</p>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Some of the best programmers I know have been using Emacs for as long as I've known them.<br /><br />Equally, almost all of them have been setting up their Emacs config for as long as I've known them.</p>— Sidu Ponnappa 💉💉 (@ponnappa) <a href="https://twitter.com/ponnappa/status/1463084237653884931?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 23, 2021</a></blockquote>
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<p>Funny and true at the same time! I casually retweeted it and I immediately forgot about it.
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A bit later, however, I was mentioned in <a href="https://twitter.com/stephenaramsey/status/1463265777964879873?s=20">one response</a> to the tweet that really caught my attention:</p>
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<p>Configuring Emacs is more of a lifestyle choice than a task that one completes.</p>
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<p>– Stephen A. Ramsey</p>
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</blockquote>
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<p>I think that perfectly captures the spirit of Emacs and the nature of its (most devoted) users. I’d even go a bit farther and make the claim that (using) Emacs is essentially a lifestyle (choice).</p>
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<p>After all, none of us were forced to use Emacs. None of us were forced to dedicate years of our lives to building the perfect Emacs configuration. None of us
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were forced to preach the gospel of the Church of Emacs. We do it all, because in Emacs we find the creative outlet that we’ve been always looking for.
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We do it, because Emacs gives us the choices that others don’t. We do it, because being pragmatic all the time is boring.</p>
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<p>For us Emacs is much more than a mere text editor - it’s part of who we are. Emacs is a lifestyle. Emacs is <em>our</em> lifestyle!</p> |