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by nicolapcweek94 2017 days ago
This makes sense to me, looking for stability both in usage and in configuration. Emacs has been that for me, but I do use it for nearly everything for a very extensive configuration. As I understand it the idea is to look for the familiarity and consistency of using the same environment in the same way for all uses, which makes total sense if you haven't been putting stuff in your init.el for years.

Thanks for the POV!

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I have a very extensive emacs config myself (10's of thousands of lines worth), and try to use it for most everything as well. I'd love to use it to manage windows too, but, like I said, it's not nearly stable enough for me for that. I don't want my WM to freeze up when emacs does.