[geeks] vi vs. emacs - rational discussion

[Charles Shannon Hendrix]

Mon, 05 Apr 2004 @ 10:48 -0400, David L Kindred (Dave) said:

> >>>>> "Bill" == Bill Bradford <mrbill at mrbill.net> writes:
> 
>     Bill> I learned vi when I first touched a unix box.  I now use VIM,
>     Bill> solely for color syntax highlighting.
> 
>     Bill> Why (if any reasons), should I consider learning Emacs?
> 
> Actually they are different beasts.  Comparing vi to emacs is akin to
> comparing apples to supermarkets.
> 
> Whereas vi is pretty much just an editor

That was true until the scriptable vi's came out.

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