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These "I've used vim/emacs and decided to try switching..." articles always leave me cold. I mean, both are insanely powerful editors. It's not as if there is
by owenmarshall 15y ago
These "I've used vim/emacs and decided to try switching..." articles always leave me cold.
I mean, both are insanely powerful editors. It's not as if there is something one can do that the other cannot, and if there is, it's doubtful that a user would want to -- for example, I don't think vim has a built in email client, but the vim users I've talked to laugh at the idea of an email client in their editor.
As a result, all of these "I've switched" articles begin with a comparison of modal and non-modal editing, discuss some pros and cons of both, and end with the same conclusion: both are great editors!
Where's the beef?
- rbxbx 15y agoWhile I generally agree with your sentiment, I will say that I use http://danielchoi.com/software/vmail.html http://danielchoi.com/software/vmail.html Vmail (vim-gmail) daily and quite like it. Some of us don't mind Vim throwing in the proverbial kitchen sink :)