Lennart Borgman wrote:
A very important feature of Emacs for me (currently using MS Windows)
is the portability. Maybe a bag of some kind with the Gnu-horns? (I
would like a backpack, but that's me and it is too difficult in small
sizes of course.)
In a bag you can carry many tools and you can move -- to GNU/Linux.
The Gnu-horns tells where you are going.
The portability is important, but I don't think it is the main feature
of Emacs. So I prefer "tools" or "editing tool" as a metaphor rather
than "portability". If just some talented artist would draw a swiss army
knife with the gnu horns on it ... :-)