Required Vi vs Emacs discussion

puck3d · n00b Joined: 19 Sep 2003 Posts: 31

I did a quick search through the forum and didn't find one thread where Vi vs Emacs was discussed, so I decided to make a poll.

What kind of Linux forum would this be without a Vi vs Emacs poll??

P.S. -- sorry if this is a dup, but I didn't see in in search

frippz · Posted: Tue Jan 27, 2004 12:56 am Post subject:

Are you for real?
What did you search with? A computer that wasn't hooked up to the internet??

alikht · n00b Joined: 13 Dec 2003 Posts: 9 Location: Vancouver, BC

Definitely Emacs.

Stormy Eyes · Posted: Tue Jan 27, 2004 1:04 am Post subject:

I'm bi: I can use both vi and emacs.

charlieg · Posted: Tue Jan 27, 2004 1:22 am Post subject:

Emacs is only amazing if you have a double-jointed little fingers. The ctrl keys just are not conveniently placed for speed-typing.

I'd like to see Vimacs some day, the best of both worlds.
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KungFuHamster · Posted: Tue Jan 27, 2004 1:33 am Post subject:

aethyr · Veteran Joined: 06 Apr 2003 Posts: 1085 Location: NYC

mmm... emacs...

::drool::

emacs > ee > vim > vi (kidding about the ee... kinda...)

The only time I use vi is when I'm on some system that doesn't have emacs installed, and even then, it's a quick change and then :wq! to get me the hell out of that godforsaken editor :)

Cerement · Guru Joined: 14 Jun 2003 Posts: 404

gsfgf · Veteran Joined: 08 May 2002 Posts: 1266

nano. i didn't really like emacs the few times ive played with it. And vi sucks cause you gotta always hit escape which is uch farther away than ctrl.
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CDLM · Posted: Tue Jan 27, 2004 2:58 am Post subject:

nano
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Stormy Eyes · Posted: Tue Jan 27, 2004 3:00 am Post subject:

/me wants to know how many of the nano fans had to make do with the EDIT.EXE editor from DOS...

ILikePi · Posted: Tue Jan 27, 2004 3:15 am Post subject:

what's the difference between nano and pico (curious)? the interface looks pretty much the same. is it just more lightweight (though i can't imagine pico with any less functionality)?

i used emacs and xemacs for a bit back when i was learning *nix. not sure when i was turned to the dark side...oh well, vim rules!
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Stormy Eyes · Posted: Tue Jan 27, 2004 3:24 am Post subject:

Stormy Eyes · Posted: Tue Jan 27, 2004 3:26 am Post subject:

gejo · n00b Joined: 03 Jan 2004 Posts: 58 Location: india

EMACS no dout Join the Church of Emacs, and you too can be a saint
/gejo :lol:

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Stormy Eyes · Posted: Tue Jan 27, 2004 3:51 am Post subject: Re: emacs, but in crontab?

Moled · l33t Joined: 09 Jul 2003 Posts: 635

vi is just painful

once you learn the shortcuts in emacs its so much nicer

alikht · n00b Joined: 13 Dec 2003 Posts: 9 Location: Vancouver, BC

Stormy Eyes · Posted: Tue Jan 27, 2004 4:12 am Post subject:

Promit · Guru Joined: 15 Nov 2003 Posts: 344

Let me explain what's wrong with vi/vim.

When you open an editor and start typing, the editor should show text. It should NOT start beeping wildly and spitting out odd messages. That, from the very beginning, is a sign of something very wrong.
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shm · Posted: Tue Jan 27, 2004 5:13 am Post subject:

vim is great.
emacs is alright.
nano is craptacular.
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ewan.paton · Posted: Tue Jan 27, 2004 5:40 am Post subject:

ed0n · Posted: Tue Jan 27, 2004 6:07 am Post subject:

I say Vim!

shm · Posted: Tue Jan 27, 2004 6:27 am Post subject: