Doesn't change my assertion, though. If we want to hold up Emacs as being more embedable and playing more nicely with other programs, that same bar can be set for the other programs.
And this is largely up to each person. I personally loathe the IDEA GUI. And most any GUI. I will grant that they do better screenshots, but I will take what is effectively a super powerful terminal buffer any day.
The bar could be set for other programs, sure. But the question was only about why we use emacs and hate emacs.
It doesn't change your point at all, but I simply have a different opinion and was asked about it. I don't really care about embedding intellij, I just want to use emacs in other things.
And this is largely up to each person. I personally loathe the IDEA GUI. And most any GUI. I will grant that they do better screenshots, but I will take what is effectively a super powerful terminal buffer any day.