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Avid emacs user here. Ergonomics. There's an emacs key chord for everything, but many of them involve two or three modifier keys. i.e. search and replace is
by neutronicus 16y ago
Avid emacs user here.
Ergonomics. There's an emacs key chord for everything, but many of them involve two or three modifier keys.
i.e. search and replace is Alt+Shift+5, indent block is Ctrl+Alt+\
These require some finger contortions. I haven't used vim, but the impression I get is that similar commands in vim are all closer to home row so you don't have to contort your hands as much.
- psadauskas 16y agoYup. I'm an avid vim user, but I tried emacs for a few weeks, and my hands were always sore. search & replace is % indent is > (auto-indent is =) Emacs seems really neat, and I'd like to try out some other editors, but none of them compare to the ease of vim's modal style.
- narrator 16y agoI use emacs for most of my text editing. I hate using vim because I find all the mode switching to be really annoying. I like how keys always mean one thing in emacs, even if it results in the occasional bit of emacs pinky.
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- johngunderman 16y agoYou can always re-map. I use Tab for indent-region, instead of bothering with indent-block.