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This is a very haughty response, I hope you realize that. Yes, (delete-other-windows) does exist. It's so far from the buffer zoom toggle I'm talking about as to be completely unrelated.

> Anyway, it seems you're complaining for just the sake of complaining, without any evidentiary input.

I have given multiple specific examples of every claim that I made. HN's formatting did make my comment difficult to read, but the content is there.

> But do you even realize that you're comparing a bicycle to a Bugatti Veyron - tmux is a simple pane grid with position/size and Emacs windows carry much more state.

Yes, yes, this is exactly what I'm saying. It's cumbersome and much more difficult to maintain. There are reasons to like both things (and I have repeatedly made efforts to re-iterate that I do like both options and use both for different purposes).

Your screed about how great evil-mode is does not address any of the specific issues that I have and was never able to resolve wrt using evil-mode in emacs.

> What would be your reaction if I say - my bicycle of 15 years has never needed an oil change or brake fluid drainage. My new car in comparison, is so much more complicated and requires constant attention? You'd probably laugh and call me names.

Incidentally I wouldn't, especially if your bicycle worked for your lifestyle and the constant attention and expense of motor vehicles factored into your decision making process. That's neither here nor there, though, because I happen to own both a bicycle and a car, and I never made the argument you seem to be fixated on. Like my car and bicycle, I use both a tmux / terminal app based workflow and emacs in different contexts and have swapped back and forth between the two at different points depending on my mood and what I'm doing. Sometimes I even (gasp!) discuss my experiences with the two tools in a comments section.



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