On: Emacs is not just an editor (2015)

[emodendroket → throw2311]

So, in other words, it is? I mean yanking and killing are cut and paste by any reasonable standard.

[throw2311 → emodendroket]

Apart from the fact you have a kill ring you can edit like any other file sure. In the same vein a car is a tricycle.

[Jtsummers → throw2311]

What is an editor in "modern parlance" then?

[throw2311 → Jtsummers]

Something that let's you press keys really fast.

[Jtsummers → throw2311]

So how is an editor with macros not "[s]omething that let's you press keys really fast"?

[txru → throw2311]

This is such a flamebait-y throwaway