Vi and Vim are so strange, so different from any other editor you might use, that it makes Emacs look simply boring in comparison: it’s just a normal editor with decent extensibility (if you can stand Lisp), horrible key combinations that may or may not cause carpal tunnel syndrome, and code bloat that rivals Microsoft Word. You see, vi-versus-Emacs is a red herring. That idea is silly anyway, and was probably invented by Emacs folks to steal some of vi’s limelight. The reason I’m writing this is not to perpetuate the vi-versus-Emacs war. Heck, I don’t consider myself a Vim master, but I’m going to write this overwrought essay praising it (using Vim, naturally). And unless you’ve spent the last few years alone in a cave high in the Himalayas, with only food, drink, a laptop, and Vim Golf, you probably don’t either. Seven sentences! Steam is pouring out of my ears like Yosemite Sam.Īl, like a lot of you out there, thinks that he “knows how to use vi”. While attempting to be “impartial” he gave a seven-sentence summary of Vim, the Ultimate Editor. Rarely on these pages have I read such a fluff piece! Al Williams’ coverage of Emacs versus Vim was an affront to the type of in-depth coverage our Hackaday readers deserve.
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