> I think editors more like acme and less like vim might rise up.
Acme, and anything like it, would be completely horrendous on a touch interface. I use it regularly (although I find that I prefer Sam).
Edit: Then again, I have touchscreeens on many of my laptops. I don't find them useful. With the exception of drawing art, I wouldn't miss them if they disappeared.
I'm no so sure about "anything like it". A pen for easily selecting text, a one-two-three finger tap and/or a wheel/secondary input might work with a similar interface to ACME?
What does acme do to help on touch screens? I while ago I toyed around creating a vim keyboard for android, instead of having a virtual keyboard popup it show commands/motions instead. I abandoned the idea, but if text edition on a touch screen ever becomes feasible then I think the virtual keyboard has to go.
> What does acme do to help on touch screens?
Unlike emacs or vim, acme leverages the mouse/gui for powerful editing - and I believe (multi)touch screens have the potential to be better guis than than screen+mouse. For one thing mice generally utilise at most three fingers and one hand - and IMNHO while eg blender/photoshop combine mouse and keyboard - the combination is awkward and not very intuitive.
I think (but am far from certain) that acme is a more promising approach.
I still think touch screens is the future - also on desktops (there either in tablet form or "drafting table" form).
I think editors more like acme and less like vim might rise up. Along with new input types like the power bar and surface wheel.