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Not a comment on why, but when I first asked the elusive n00b question "vi or emacs?" to a thick-skin, the response was: "Emacs is like a beautiful woman, but
by eltoozero 10y ago
Not a comment on why, but when I first asked the elusive n00b question "vi or emacs?" to a thick-skin, the response was:
"Emacs is like a beautiful woman, but vi is like your hand; it will always be there."
Related: it's pronounced "VEE EYE" if you're a "JIFF" person. And anything but "six" otherwise.
I like "jiff" but prefer "vye", so whatever.
And as I understand it's called vi because of 'visual' mode of 'ed' line editor.