You cant really compare people saying they use notepad to people using Emacs Emacs is a really powerfull editor, but it takes time to learn it..

Indeed - and it seems odd to say you have to do things "manually" in emacs, on the contrary, one thing about emacs is that it is very powerful in the way it can do all sorts of things for you.

Personally I'm more happier with simpler things like the VS editor, and emacs probably has a steeper learning curve. But there is nothing manual about it, and a comparison to notepad isn't fair in my opinion.

You cant really compare people saying they use notepad to people using Emacs Emacs is a really powerfull editor, but it takes time to learn it..

Indeed - and it seems odd to say you have to do things "manually" in emacs, on the contrary, one thing about emacs is that it is very powerful in the way it can do all sorts of things for you.

Personally I'm more happier with simpler things like the VS editor, and emacs probably has a steeper learning curve. But there is nothing manual about it, and a comparison to notepad isn't fair at all.