[stevekemp]

There is an implementation for neovim, and some "viewer" applicatrions for android, etc:

https://orgmode.org/tools.html

Basics are easy to replicate, but one of the reasons why org is so useful is because it is tied into the emacs ecosystem, so you can write extensions/configuration tweaks in lisp. You can hookup agenda (calendars), etc, etc, and those things don't really translate so well to external tools.

If you had to write a lisp interpreter, and fake "bare minimum" compatability? At that point you'd be better off just running emacs for real.

[amelius]

> You can hookup agenda (calendars), etc, etc, and those things don't really translate so well to external tools.

Sounds like a replication of Unix inside an editor if you ask me.

[vslavkin]

Well, yes. I'd say that's what emacs is. A framework for, mostly, text based applications in lisp. The advantage is its "unified interface".

Everything is configured in the same language, uses mostly the same keybinds, and can easily be integrated with other apps of the framework.

[anthk]

If every Unix tool outputed TSV, yes. In Emacs everything it's Elisp.

[BeetleB]

I know you meant it as a criticism, but Emacs years view it as a feature.

[input_sh]

Wait until you learn many of the default bash keyboard shortcuts (like Ctrl + A / E to move to the beginning/end of the line) actually come from emacs.