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> I trade whatever default workflow that VSCode and other IDEs are imposing for a better editing experience. And even the initial time investment is short these days due to the trove of config and tutorials online.

You can configure VSCode with plugins. They aren't imposing any more defaults than vim or emacs do.



But several plugins on the VSCode side ar closed source.


You can write non-open source emacs plugins, too.


Emacs doesn't ship with them or nag you to install them.


emacs specifically is not legal to distribute those plugins because of the GPL. Yes, you can be sued over this, likely won't, but you can be.


The GPL's use of linking is rather nebulous.




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