I also never heard of Kate.

As for KDE and Gnome, I avoid them for the same reason I avoid emacs. Too bloated. I'm happy with vtwm, thanks.

Finally, I'm a downright silly programmer, so all that pop psychology crap about insecurity just doesn't apply to me, I guess. ;-)

-sauoq
"My two cents aren't worth a dime.";

Oh c'mon. I've never actually used the phrase "serious programmer" (except for just now, that is). It just happened to fit from the conversation - as if I couldn't do real work without knowing about Kate and using KDE. Or by using a GUI text editor.

My insecurities and pretensions on the other hand... well this isn't the place for getting into that.

Update notes: I added the parenthetical comment (except for just now, that is)