Re: Emacs learning curve

[David Kastrup]

Tom <address@hidden> writes:

> Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:
>> 
>> Well, Notepad has all the familiar UI you are talking about, but
>> somehow it doesn't attract "more hackers".  I guess your logic lacks
>> something important.
>> 
>
> Have you seen the image of the learning curve of editors?
>
> http://bc.tech.coop/blog/060302.html
>
>
> Notepad has a limited feature set which obviously doesn't inspire its 
> users.
>
> On the other hand Emacs has much more depth than that. The goal is to make 
> emacs easier to use for the newcomer, so he stays for a while and has a 
> chance to discover emacs is a beautiful swan in the disguise of an ugly
> duckling. :)

So why disguise is as an ugly duckling in the first place?

-- 
David Kastrup