[[!toc ]] Q&A: live Duration: 24:52 If you have questions and the speaker has not indicated public contact information on this page, please feel free to e-mail us at and we'll forward your question to the speaker. # Talk [[!template id="vid" vidid="mainVideo" src="https://media.emacsconf.org/2021/emacsconf-2021-forever--m-x-forever-why-emacs-will-outlast-text-editor-trends--david-wilson-system-crafters--main.webm" poster="https://media.emacsconf.org/2021/emacsconf-2021-forever--m-x-forever-why-emacs-will-outlast-text-editor-trends--david-wilson-system-crafters--main.png" captions="""""" size="51.4M" duration="24:52" other_resources="""[Download .org](https://media.emacsconf.org/2021/emacsconf-2021-forever--m-x-forever-why-emacs-will-outlast-text-editor-trends--david-wilson-system-crafters.org) [Download --compressed56.webm (27.6MB)](https://media.emacsconf.org/2021/emacsconf-2021-forever--m-x-forever-why-emacs-will-outlast-text-editor-trends--david-wilson-system-crafters--compressed56.webm) [Download --main.vtt](https://media.emacsconf.org/2021/emacsconf-2021-forever--m-x-forever-why-emacs-will-outlast-text-editor-trends--david-wilson-system-crafters--main.vtt) [Download --chapters.vtt](https://media.emacsconf.org/2021/emacsconf-2021-forever--m-x-forever-why-emacs-will-outlast-text-editor-trends--david-wilson-system-crafters--chapters.vtt) [Download --main--chapters.vtt](https://media.emacsconf.org/2021/emacsconf-2021-forever--m-x-forever-why-emacs-will-outlast-text-editor-trends--david-wilson-system-crafters--main--chapters.vtt) [View on Toobnix](https://toobnix.org/w/jSW4Gk3hsuv2ZfW8jXHz39) """]] [[!template id="chapters" vidid="mainVideo" data=""" 00:01 Introduction and conclusion 00:28 Who am I? 01:07 Is Emacs unpopular? 02:26 What does popularity really mean? 04:15 How do we measure popularity? 04:32 Google Trends 06:18 Stack Overflow Survey 08:20 Community Activity 10:23 How do editors lose popularity? 10:38 A new editor with better features appears 12:25 Lack of sufficient maintenance 14:01 The "fashion" moves on 14:36 What happens when an editor loses popularity? 17:10 How will Emacs survive *despite* popularity? 17:20 Emacs is more deeply hackable than almost all other editors 19:51 Emacs has a strong community of highly skilled package authors 21:15 Emacs has a very strong user community 22:33 The Emacs maintainers and contributors care about the users 23:40 Isn't all this supposed to come when an editor is popular? 24:22 When someone talks about popularity... """]] # Q&A [[!template id="vid" vidid="qanda" src="https://media.emacsconf.org/2021/emacsconf-2021-forever--m-x-forever-why-emacs-will-outlast-text-editor-trends--david-wilson-system-crafters--answers.webm" poster="https://media.emacsconf.org/2021/emacsconf-2021-forever--m-x-forever-why-emacs-will-outlast-text-editor-trends--david-wilson-system-crafters--answers.png" size="116M" duration="56:57" other_resources="""[Download --answers--chapters.vtt](https://media.emacsconf.org/2021/emacsconf-2021-forever--m-x-forever-why-emacs-will-outlast-text-editor-trends--david-wilson-system-crafters--answers--chapters.vtt) """]] [[!template id="chapters" vidid="qanda" data=""" 00:00 Thanks 00:26 In your opinion, what is Emacs' Achilles heel? 03:09 What is your opinion about the documentation of Emacs in other languages? 05:06 Do you think more effort should be made to popularize hacking on the C parts of Emacs? 06:31 Can you name a few features from other programming languages that you miss in Emacs Lisp? 07:12 What are your opinions on Emacs's commitments to free software? 08:22 Do you think that packages like Magit or Org mode make people see Emacs as an obstacle to these applications that they want to use? 11:42 Another way people can help inspire others to use Emacs 12:57 Should Emacs continue to present itself as an esoteric program and culture, or should we try to dispel the myth? 14:49 Do you think there could be changes made to the core of Emacs that would betray the ethos you and most people here appreciate? 15:22 When will David Wilson and Protesilaos collaborate? 15:38 If you had to choose between graphics or real browser support within Emacs, which would you choose? 16:28 How do you feel being an Emacs-focused YouTuber? 18:29 More typesetting capabilities versus better performance 20:31 Sneak peek of what's coming in the YouTube channel soon? 24:43 Principles and compromises 25:07 Understanding the value of Emacs Lisp 26:10 Will you do a video showing your personal workflow? 26:44 What do you think about Guix or NixOS? 28:12 Can you talk about your actual work? 31:18 Do your colleagues use Emacs as well? 35:23 Any thoughts on the idea that the best tool to use is the one that is easiest to leave? 39:23 Do you think there should be an updated initial configuration for fresh Emacs installations with more modern UI features and cool shortcuts? 42:29 How hard is it to get into the native code side of Emacs? 43:50 Emacs Chats 46:28 Livestreams 53:34 Short-form videos """]] # Description