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Re: On vim vs emacs

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Post by benatkin »

cubes wrote: post #19

Seriously? Seriously? It's 2010, and we're still having this religious debate? Pick an editor that works for you. Learn it. Use it. Done. NB I'm a heretic, I use both vi and emacs.

If it's a religious debate, why is it surprising that people are still having it in 2010? Aren't religious debates known for never getting resolved? Also, aside from the article's title, I don't see the religious debate in the article or the comments. I see people saying how they use vim and/or emacs, and providing tips.

I'd like to know how you're using both vi and emacs. I like both, and used both for a while. Please do tell.

Re: On vim vs emacs

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Post by yangyang »

krakensden wrote: post #18
jrockway wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

vi is the one built into every OS. Sometimes it happens to be vim, but not always... and other vi variants are quite different from vim.

Really? I thought nvi and elvis had fallen by the wayside, and now everyone shipped vim (in compatibility mode).

OpenBSD certainly doesn't.

Re: On vim vs emacs

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Post by [deleted] »

krakensden wrote: post #18
jrockway wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

vi is the one built into every OS. Sometimes it happens to be vim, but not always... and other vi variants are quite different from vim.

Really? I thought nvi and elvis had fallen by the wayside, and now everyone shipped vim (in compatibility mode).

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Re: On vim vs emacs

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Post by cubes »

benatkin wrote: post #21
cubes wrote: post #19

Seriously? Seriously? It's 2010, and we're still having this religious debate? Pick an editor that works for you. Learn it. Use it. Done. NB I'm a heretic, I use both vi and emacs.

If it's a religious debate, why is it surprising that people are still having it in 2010? Aren't religious debates known for never getting resolved? Also, aside from the article's title, I don't see the religious debate in the article or the comments. I see people saying how they use vim and/or emacs, and providing tips. I'd like to know how you're using both vi and emacs. I like both, and used both for a while. Plea…

My point is that religious debates, not unlike the Google Pac-Man logo, waste time. But at least Google's Pac-Man logo is fun, and nobody spills blood over Pac-Man :)

As for using both, I tend to use emacs for the heavy lifting, and vi for quick edits.

Re: On vim vs emacs

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Post by [deleted] »

cubes wrote: post #19

Seriously? Seriously? It's 2010, and we're still having this religious debate? Pick an editor that works for you. Learn it. Use it. Done. NB I'm a heretic, I use both vi and emacs.

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Re: On vim vs emacs

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Post by mapleoin »

benatkin wrote: post #21
cubes wrote: post #19

Seriously? Seriously? It's 2010, and we're still having this religious debate? Pick an editor that works for you. Learn it. Use it. Done. NB I'm a heretic, I use both vi and emacs.

If it's a religious debate, why is it surprising that people are still having it in 2010? Aren't religious debates known for never getting resolved? Also, aside from the article's title, I don't see the religious debate in the article or the comments. I see people saying how they use vim and/or emacs, and providing tips. I'd like to know how you're using both vi and emacs. I like both, and used both for a while. Plea…

I use emacs and vi at the same time, too. I usually have a two-pane emacs open that takes the whole screen and an 80x22 terminal in the back. When I need to navigate to some config file/log file etc. I use ls/pwd/pushd etc. and use vi from that terminal on whatever short edits I need. I use emacs for the code that I'm writing, the one that's under VCS and everything.

Re: On vim vs emacs

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Post by Marwy »

I've tried using Emacs with Caps Lock as Control key, and it didn't worked well. So I changed Ctrl to (1)right-click-menu key (or whatever it's called) and to (2)right Alt; and turned Caps Lock into Alt. Now I can easily move around Emacs without hurting my pinky to much :). Long live Emacs!

Re: On vim vs emacs

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Post by philwelch »

cubes wrote: post #19

Seriously? Seriously? It's 2010, and we're still having this religious debate? Pick an editor that works for you. Learn it. Use it. Done. NB I'm a heretic, I use both vi and emacs.

I would consider actually reading the article, since it's not actually about the vim vs. emacs religious war at all.

Re: On vim vs emacs

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Post by koenigdavidmj »

krakensden wrote: post #18
jrockway wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

vi is the one built into every OS. Sometimes it happens to be vim, but not always... and other vi variants are quite different from vim.

Really? I thought nvi and elvis had fallen by the wayside, and now everyone shipped vim (in compatibility mode).

Slackware comes with /usr/bin/vi symlinked to /usr/bin/elvis by default, although it's easy enough to point it at /usr/bin/vim if you want.
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