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> In Vscode even if I forgot Cmd+W/Q I can simply click the close button

there is a close button in emacs. however unlike vscode, emacs can also run in the terminal

> So anyone starting a software career virtually picks Vscode, gets used to it, and almost has no reason to switch to something else for now unless they need something extremely specific

can be said about windows too. i started off on windows and jetbrains. today im on minimal linux, stumpwm as window manager, and emacs for everything except browsing. i find it very liberating having cut down my dependencies without having cut down functionality



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