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> I should also add that Elisp is an absolutely terrible programming language when compared to more modern alternatives.

This is a commonly seen complaint, and I do not completely disagree with you. But really, if there were better options to create an editor on top of some sort of lisp-machine equivalent, why are there such few equivalent editors out there?

I would be happy to move to a new mature ecosystem that allows the sort of flexibility offered by emacs, on which tools like magit and org-mode may become popular, but I am yet to find anything in the same ballpark.