Agreed. I have a silly item on my todo list that says "become an expert at emacs," but the trick is to use it everyday, and each time you find yourself doing something repetitive, ask yourself "maybe there's a smarter way to do this," google it, and voila.
On a sidenote, I shelled out for textmate and it's very nice, but now that I work in a more diverse dev environment (Mac/Linux/Windows, and ssh'ing to boxes) learning emacs has become critical for increasing my average productivity.
Still, I don't regret buying textmate. It's beautiful, functional, and inspired some nice features that were subsequently copied/incorporated by others. I wonder what the next version has in store, and how far off it is...
On a sidenote, I shelled out for textmate and it's very nice, but now that I work in a more diverse dev environment (Mac/Linux/Windows, and ssh'ing to boxes) learning emacs has become critical for increasing my average productivity.
Still, I don't regret buying textmate. It's beautiful, functional, and inspired some nice features that were subsequently copied/incorporated by others. I wonder what the next version has in store, and how far off it is...