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

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.