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Emacs was 21-ish when vim came along

• samatman 6y ago
  vi and emacs were released in the same year. The fact that vi iMproved became the dominant implementation isn't particularly relevant here.
  • mattl 6y ago
    Are vim users going to be able to use vi? Genuine question. I’ve barely used either.
    • colordrops 6y ago
      Yes, vim is a superset of vi
  • BeetleB 6y ago
    > The fact that vi iMproved became the dominant implementation isn't particularly relevant here. I think it is. Most vim users I know have never used vi and would hate it. As a reminder: In vi, when you go into "insert" mode, you cannot edit anything prior to where the cursor was when you entered insert mode. vim got rid of such annoyances.
    • samatman 6y ago
      The topic of discussion was: > If emacs adopted vim-like keybindings early on I consider it obvious that "vim-like" keybindings are also "vi-like" keybindings, and that emacs could in fact have adopted them before the invention of vim. It wouldn't have of course; when the Editor Wars were truly raging, the modal vs. modeless debate was at the heart of the partisanship. But that's a separate question.