Emacs Evevator Pitch - Only Emacs can save your soul
This is a submission for Jeremy Friesen's Emacs Carnival 2025-08: Your Elevator Pitch for Emacs.
I thought it might be interesting to fill an elevator with various slogans about Emacs, so people are surrounded by Emacs, hahaha.
Here are the slogans I plan to post:
While any text editor can save your files, only Emacs can save your soul.
Emacs takes a lifetime to learn. So the sooner you start, the longer it will take.
People don't quit Emacs. They just die at some point.
If you are a professional writer–i.e., if someone else is getting paid to worry about how your words are formatted and printed--Emacs outshines all other editing software in approximately the same way that the noonday sun does the stars.
It is not just bigger and brighter; it simply makes everything else vanish.
The specialized app user lives in rented apartments;
the Emacs devotee walks through an ever-expanding mansion whose rooms rearrange themselves to their thoughts.
;; Happy hacking, Emacs ♥ you!
Emacs can read yesterday’s formats, be reprogrammed for today’s needs, and will still be licensed for your use tomorrow.
No two Emacs will be the same, just as no two users are the same.
Before Emacs: vim, htop, weechat, taskwarrior, xterm
After Emacs: Emacs, Emacs, Emacs, Emacs, Emacs
…Emacs is a tool that rewards practice, I tried to pick it up twice before the third time. And it was once I started practicing that it stuck.
I’m forced to use Emacs for this particular task, but I sure wish I could use something else.
Emacs works for you, you won't work for Emacs.
If you like working and thinking with text, you will love Emacs: anything you want your computer to do, Emacs can do in text form.
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If you've finished reading, are you interested in trying Emacs? Come save your soul! :P