[eatmygodetia]

In Emacs's defence, it didn't reimplement everything so mich as implement it first. When there's very little prior work to go on, often parts of the design won't be great, and then it becomes hard to move away from them.

[fierarul]

Interesting how somebody else claimed about the same thing.

Yes, but eons have passed, things are different. Should everything else mold to Emacs or should Emacs fit into the overall OS/window manager/etc.

Maybe Emacs really is supposed to be an OS. I'm now wondering if there's a way to boot straight into Emacs. Clearly we could have a slimmer kernel /loader for that. :-)

[rpdillon]

I think a lot of folks value having their apps 'fit into' their OS. For me, I see the constant churn in desktop OS patterns as tiring and essentially useless. Emacs provides a wonderfully consistent interface no matter where I run it. I can see how it seems foreign to others, but it is consistent. For me, that's a fantastic trade.