> I don't think using a text editor is limiting, using an IDE certainly is.

I agree. nonetheless, most developers use IDEs. This in turn means that a developer is unlikely to use only simple editors.

Maybe actually read the comment chain you're responding to?

That question was "select all that apply".

VSCode, Visual Studio, Intellij may be fighting for mindshare on laptops, but if you ssh into a server, I bet you're using vim.

I mean, sometimes I run vim in the integrated terminal in VSCode. :) Whatever is quicker/handy. I know I answered that question with "VSCode, Sublime, Emacs, and Vim".

Vanilla emacs without config and plugins, started as a terminal application is a simple editor, just the same as vim. Yes.

But that is entirely besides the point. The parent was outraged how developers are unlikely to use only simple text editors. And the phrase he was taking an issues with didn't say that emacs is a simple editor either. So you're either willingly misinterpreting everything or just unable to read and understand simple sentences.

I'm reading that "simple" word on the GP as something that doesn't impose a workflow on you. (What's ironically best described by "versatile", but somebody not used to the tool can not use most of the functions.)

By any other meaning, emacs and vim wouldn't qualify.