[H-GEN] Vi (well, Vim) or Emacs (Jove suggested)?

[Ben Fowler]

On Wed, Aug 22, 2001 at 04:30:26PM +1000, Sarah Bernadette Kelly wrote:
> I'm going to take my life in my hands by asking the age-old question -
> should I use a Vi variant or an Emacs variant as my editor?
> 
> [snip]
>
> People who have used both - why did you choose one over the other?

I think Chris got it in one: Emacs is tremendously useful in doing any
number of fancy and nontrivial tasks relating to text editing.  When 
doing extended hacking under UNIX, I use it exclusively. OTOH, vi is
great for quick editing jobs; good, since you don't slow yourself down
by having your fingers leave the keyboard (or home row for that matter)
for the mouse.   Emacs is a lot friendlier for customization, provided
that you know the Emacs LISP variant.

I think a good anology would be like comparing a bar stool to a big
leather recliner couch.

Anyway, enough from me...

-regards,

Ben.

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