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> Vim is already the best and most customizable modal editor Weird statement. "Best" is up to debate, but "most customizable" is definitely Emacs. I cannot re
by rerx 8y ago
> Vim is already the best and most customizable modal editor
Weird statement. "Best" is up to debate, but "most customizable" is definitely Emacs.
I cannot really imagine a really good non-modal programmer's editor. Surely it should behave differently when editing Python compared to editing HTML?
- lake99 8y agoYou're using the emacs definition of major modes. "Modal editor" has a different meaning. Vim has three modes [1]. Emacs is not considered a modal editor, but some of its features are similar to Vim's last-line mode. [1] https://alvinalexander.com/linux/vim-vi-mode-editor-command-insert-mode https://alvinalexander.com/linux/vim-vi-mode-editor-command-...
- rerx 8y agoRun Emacs in Evil mode or similar and you get modal editing inside a special editor mode. If anything, Emacs is an extra-modal editor. :)
- v_lisivka 8y agoEmacs is IDE, like Eclipse or Idea. It contains text editor, of course, but it much more than just text editor. It's not fair to compare say GEdit and Eclipse in terms of configurability, because GEdit is text editor, while Eclipse is IDE.