[Matrix-SIG] re: advocacy

[Konrad Hinsen]

> a lot of users off. Emacs users (and I am one) around here are a
> distinct minority; we simply cannot tell people that they should use it
> if we want them to use our software.

What's the problem? If they are willing to use some new IDE, why shouldn't
they use Emacs? Just rename emacs to "pythonIDE" ;-)

> > Just out of curiosity - could someone give a short explanation
> > for non-astronomers what FITS really is?
> > 
> FITS (Flexible Image Transport System) was a format originally designed
...

Thanks for the explanation!

Konrad.
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