Why Emacs Sucks (Part 17)

A shortcut-heavy text editor blows because pressing wrong keys by accident will put editor into some useless mode, you will never figure how to get back. For example, I've just mistakenly type some key combo I can't remember, and Emacs now says "Text is read only" and doesn't allow me to input anything.

I dunno why people love these ugly terminal-emulator-style GUI editors, like Vi and Emacs, where mouse doesn't work and you have to remember shortcuts.

The only reason I'm using Emacs, is because Common Lisp has no other IDE.

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Because doing stuff with a keyboard is way faster and more comfortable than poking around with a mouse. Shortcuts might take time to learn but they will be absorbed into your muscle memory and you'll never want to back to the hassle of menu-clicking. Also you can create and program new shortcuts for precisely your personal run-of-the-mill tasks.