Emacs user here. No it didn't just "click" with me. I was learning Lisp and learning Emacs became a necessity. I don't think it was easy for anyone to learn Emacs or Vim. It takes a lot effort to learn these tools. In my case, it took about 2 months before I felt like I was efficient with the text editing, and I still learn new things today.
If it matters, I don't think many people can program any faster than I can in Emacs, especially against macros, interesting plugins, functions, and snippets.
There is a trope about how a new Emacs user will be faster than most Vim users, but watching an expert Vim user work blows the best Emacs / IDE user out of the water.
If it matters, I don't think many people can program any faster than I can in Emacs, especially against macros, interesting plugins, functions, and snippets.
There is a trope about how a new Emacs user will be faster than most Vim users, but watching an expert Vim user work blows the best Emacs / IDE user out of the water.