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Being a dedicated emacs user, I could only shake my head and sigh as I read this.

• SwellJoe 19y ago
  The first step is admitting you have a problem. You're on the right track.
  • hooande 19y ago
    I would love to get into a lengthy discussion about why the One True Editor is superior to vi, but I have a feeling that it would just degenerate into a flame war. vi does have an advantage in that it comes standard on most unix servers, while emacs requires a long (but relatively painless) install. Let's just say that in terms of power the two are about equal. I think emacs has an edge in the macros/functions department but vi isn't far behind. It's probably also fair to say that either one of them are probably better than a Windows based IDE if you're working with open source software (ruby, php, perl etc).
    • SwellJoe 19y ago
      I'm sorry, I can't hear you over the sound of how awesome my text editor is.
  • wfarr 19y ago
    I left vi(m) behind over a year ago, so I'm not sure what you're getting at here. ;)