Re: [PLUG] Poll! editors (and possibly me burning at the stake)

["Jonathan Bringhurst" <fintler@gmail.com>]

Well, emacs is a great operating system, but as a text editor I find
it lacking...  (sarcasm)

On a more serious note, I really only use vi/vim because I first
started out using the evil ed text editor (the precursor to ex) and
vim seemed like the best upgrade path. I don't really have any more
reasons past that and others have already covered the obvious stuff
earlier in the thread.

I've seen people do a lot of sweet things with emacs but for some
reason I could never really get into it. I think the whole war (if you
can even call it that :) between vi/vim and emacs is mostly out of
ignorance. The people who fight for vim are just too lazy to learn
emacs (and vice-versa). Considering how many people use both editors,
they both get the job done, and well at that.

-Jon

On Nov 25, 2007 3:29 PM, Brent Saner <brent.saner@gmail.com> wrote:
> wow, i really love all the responses! it's really helpful.
>
> James- i've noticed a similar trend; my coding/developer friends tend to use
> emacs whilst the sysadmin buddies i have tend to use vi.
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> Art- i totally forgot about the lesser ones, like Jed! as an added bonus,
> jed has an "emacs emulation mode" and is a lot more lightweight than emacs!
> i just found that interesting.
>
> Dan- ditto what chuckk said! i'd love to see what you like and dislike about
> both; this'd be invaluable as you use both regularly. do you have a
> preferred editor for certain contexts?
>
> Josh- excellent tip, the .emacs thing looks pretty intriguing! emacs, while
> huge compared to vim, is incredibly flexible; almost as if it's a separate
> system unto itself!
>
> Chuckk- thanks so much! that was the exact kind of summation i'm looking
> for!
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> let's keep this going, i'm curious as to what the rest of you use!
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