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On Sun, Jul 26, 2015 at 3:28 PM, Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> wrote:
> JFTR: Ive been using emacs for 20+ years.  And I have the increasing feeling
> that my students are getting fedup with it (and me).  Used Idle for my last python
> course without too much grief.  If only it were an option for 25 programming languages, and org-mode and unicode/devanagari/tex input and.

Not sure whether you're making the point deliberately or accidentally,
but that's exactly why emacs is so big and heavy: "if only, if only".
Simpler things do less.

ChrisA