[geeks] vi vs. emacs - rational discussion

[Mike Meredith]

On Sat, 3 Apr 2004 01:11:31 -0600, Jonathan C. Patschke wrote:
> On Fri, 2 Apr 2004, Bill Bradford wrote:
> 
> > I learned vi when I first touched a unix box.
> 
> Same here.

Me three.

> > Why (if any reasons), should I consider learning Emacs?

Well, I'm not sure if it's a reason for learning Emacs but I find it a
lot more comfortable for writing code than vi. If it's a case of diving
into files in /etc or fixing a small bug or two I'll stick with vi, but
if I expect to be stuck coding for more than an hour I'll switch to
emacs (actually Xemacs).

Mind you, some people will say I'm sick liking both vi and emacs!