The Age-Old Debate: vi vs emacs

[t̷s͢uk̕a͡t͜ư]

If you don't know, don't vote. *glare*

[乳头的早餐谷物]

vi. Emacs is ridiculous.

[t̷s͢uk̕a͡t͜ư]

vi. Emacs is ridiculous.

Correct.
*glares at everyone else*

[scythe]

vi.
Is it even a decision?

[GamingWolf]

*learns something new about something he didn't think he needed* ?!?!?

*doesn't vote*

[Geti]

i use vi when i need to, but dont really care, mostly because of how trivial and needless the arguments are. o___________0

[Atilla]

Six, as they say in Rome.

[t̷s͢uk̕a͡t͜ư]

WHO VOTED EMACS!??
Speak up...

[smartalco]

I voted vi, but I need to use a command line editor roughly once every 6 months (oddly enough, that happened to be today o_O )

[faemir]

nano

vi(m). The fact that you can do everything you could ever imagine (yes, even that) inside emacs is kind of cool, but I like lots of little programs integrating into one overall collective mass of awesomeness.

[Calcy]

<3 vim.

</3 emacs.

[jean-luc]

Emacs all the way. That's mostly because I've never learned to use Vi with any proficiency, though. Most of my CLI editing is done in DOS's EDIT, since I primarily work with Windows machines (Yes, I do web apps on Linux servers, but I don't interact with the servers via CLI much, being a fan of fancy GUI administration tools like Webmin).

[t̷s͢uk̕a͡t͜ư]

Emacs all the way. That's mostly because I've never learned to use Vi with any proficiency, though. Most of my CLI editing is done in DOS's EDIT, since I primarily work with Windows machines (Yes, I do web apps on Linux servers, but I don't interact with the servers via CLI much, being a fan of fancy GUI administration tools like Webmin).

I thought you were hardcore. ;_;

[SlappyMcGee]

I AM SHY AND BLUSHING WHEN I TELL YOU, TSUKATU, MY SEXY RUSSIAN FRIEND, THAT I AM AN EMACS MAN.

And everything you say will only convince me to switch, so back off.

[t̷s͢uk̕a͡t͜ư]

I AM SHY AND BLUSHING WHEN I TELL YOU, TSUKATU, MY SEXY RUSSIAN FRIEND, THAT I AM AN EMACS MAN.

And everything you say will only convince me to switch, so back off.

Scooter your daisy heads.

[Calcy]

So a friend introduced me to a really nifty command called xmodmap, which can remap keys to your heart's content. After switching the escape and caps lock keys, I think my productivity in vim has increased drastically. <3 <3

[t̷s͢uk̕a͡t͜ư]

So a friend introduced me to a really nifty command called xmodmap, which can remap keys to your heart's content. After switching the escape and caps lock keys, I think my productivity in vim has increased drastically. <3 <3

Yeah, I know what you mean -- I remapped my steering wheel's cruise control switch to the gas pedal's function, and now I don't need to use my feet to drive (if you're wondering how I brake, I remapped the left turn signal; turning left is for pussies).

[jean-luc]

Emacs all the way. That's mostly because I've never learned to use Vi with any proficiency, though. Most of my CLI editing is done in DOS's EDIT, since I primarily work with Windows machines (Yes, I do web apps on Linux servers, but I don't interact with the servers via CLI much, being a fan of fancy GUI administration tools like Webmin).

I thought you were hardcore. ;_;

I'm more practical than hardcore. I know my way around a CLI, but I really don't like CLI text editors. I'm a GUI person at heart.
Hey, I think I'm still pretty hardcore though. How many other people evade school internet filters by VNC-over-SSHing to a home machine? or, when my home machine is down, by using Lynx via SSH on a machine at the Oregon State University Open Source Lab or in Sourceforge's farm?

[scythe]

Emacs all the way. That's mostly because I've never learned to use Vi with any proficiency, though. Most of my CLI editing is done in DOS's EDIT, since I primarily work with Windows machines (Yes, I do web apps on Linux servers, but I don't interact with the servers via CLI much, being a fan of fancy GUI administration tools like Webmin).

I thought you were hardcore. ;_;

He's lying. He dual boots Haiku and Plan 9.
On SPARC.

Also, jean-luc, gvim looks significantly prettier than emacs's horrendous gui. I'd rather use gedit than the latter.

[jean-luc]

Emacs all the way. That's mostly because I've never learned to use Vi with any proficiency, though. Most of my CLI editing is done in DOS's EDIT, since I primarily work with Windows machines (Yes, I do web apps on Linux servers, but I don't interact with the servers via CLI much, being a fan of fancy GUI administration tools like Webmin).

I thought you were hardcore. ;_;

He's lying. He dual boots Haiku and Plan 9.
On SPARC.

Also, jean-luc, gvim looks significantly prettier than emacs's horrendous gui. I'd rather use gedit than the latter.

I normally use gedit. >.<