Thank you for your candid feedback. I completely agree with your point—the true power of Emacs lies in its Lisp environment and infinite customizability.

If my goal was to build a true successor or alternative to Emacs, dropping Lisp and using Electron would indeed be a completely wrong approach.

However, my goal was much simpler and narrower. I wanted a zero-setup, standalone notepad that natively supports Emacs' complex prefix keybindings (like C-x 2 to split windows or C-x b to switch buffers) right out of the box. While simple keys like C-n or C-f can be easily configured in most modern editors, perfectly replicating the sequence and feel of prefix keys usually requires installing plugins and writing complex configurations.

Additionally, as I mentioned in another thread, using web technologies allowed me to solve the Japanese IME cursor tracking issues on Windows natively.

So you are absolutely right: this project misses the core philosophy of what makes Emacs great. But for my specific daily need—a lightweight notepad with built-in Emacs muscle memory—it perfectly scratches my own itch.