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vi(m) is usually included by default and is no easier to use for a beginner, so why not emacs?

• lloeki 9y ago
  `apt-get install emacs-nox` pulls in 83MB on jessie. The installed-by-default one is vim-tiny (clocking in at 27MB), not vim-nox (which pulls in an additional 21MB), for which there is no similar emacs package. Turns out nano is ~370kB, that makes for a small non-modal beginner editor, the modal one being covered by vim-tiny.
  • AsyncAwait 9y ago
    Fair, but I don't think 20MB vs 80MB should be a problem in 2017, people are downloading ~60GB games off Steam, downloading a ~5GB ISO every 6-24 months is not that much in comparison.
    • type0 9y ago
      For some people on the move data transfers are expensive, even if 80MB isn't much that adds up very fast.
• cryptonector 9y ago
  Because modal editing is where it's at!