> isn't an attractive thing to do when you have _actual_ work to do.
Leaning any new tool when you have work to do is never an attractive thing. Whether that's an editor, a language, an issue tracker, or any tool. There is always a period of learning that is less productive, but the hope is that after learning the new tool your overall productivity is higher, resulting is more gains in the long run.
Emacs out of box comes with menus and toolbars (underrated features) to accomplish most basic commands, so you shouldn't have to memorize a whole bunch of stuff to start being modestly productive. I think it's way ahead of vim in these regards, you don't have to learn a whole new paradigm of "modal editing" to get even the basics done.
In my experience it was about 3-4 weeks of forcing 100% use before vim became more effective than regular text editing, but a lot of the pain was gone after ~1.5 weeks.
Then you know it for life. Unquestionably worth it.
It only took me like a week to get used to vim. I obviously still don't use it to its full capabilities but i can use it like a normal text editor now.
Leaning any new tool when you have work to do is never an attractive thing. Whether that's an editor, a language, an issue tracker, or any tool. There is always a period of learning that is less productive, but the hope is that after learning the new tool your overall productivity is higher, resulting is more gains in the long run.
Emacs out of box comes with menus and toolbars (underrated features) to accomplish most basic commands, so you shouldn't have to memorize a whole bunch of stuff to start being modestly productive. I think it's way ahead of vim in these regards, you don't have to learn a whole new paradigm of "modal editing" to get even the basics done.