i think a lot of people miss the whole point of emacs/vim. it sure ain't the best IDE out there, but when it comes to just pure raw editing fun-factor, it just can not be beat. i can not get the same enjoyment when i edit using anything else, there are emacs/vim plugins for sublimetext but still it doesn't have that same feel to it.
it all comes down to the vim/emacs "experience". it hooks you in and won't let you go, i'm pretty sure most vim/emacs gets some sort of high when using it.
but it's not all black and white here, there are time and place for everything. i love emacs and i can't live without it. for working on a few files at a time, i'll use emacs. but when i have a "project" to work on (10-15 files), i do use an IDE, in my case Aptana Studios (as it has the best emacs compatibility out there and has a very nice code formatter which is also top notch and you can easily customize it to how you want it to be formatted i.e; coding standards).
so at the end of the day, they both have their place. sometimes i need the laser-guided efficiency of emacs, sometimes (especially beginning of a project), i just roll-up my sleeves and get it going on an IDE.
it all comes down to the vim/emacs "experience". it hooks you in and won't let you go, i'm pretty sure most vim/emacs gets some sort of high when using it.
but it's not all black and white here, there are time and place for everything. i love emacs and i can't live without it. for working on a few files at a time, i'll use emacs. but when i have a "project" to work on (10-15 files), i do use an IDE, in my case Aptana Studios (as it has the best emacs compatibility out there and has a very nice code formatter which is also top notch and you can easily customize it to how you want it to be formatted i.e; coding standards).
so at the end of the day, they both have their place. sometimes i need the laser-guided efficiency of emacs, sometimes (especially beginning of a project), i just roll-up my sleeves and get it going on an IDE.