I used vi mostly when working from dumb terminals from where i would telent to a machine. There was a lag when you did stuff and the modal editing style was per

I used vi mostly when working from dumb terminals from where i would telent to a machine. There was a lag when you did stuff and the modal editing style was perfect for that. You'd type a few commands, they'd get sent to the server and the screen would refresh. It worked nicely. I moved to Emacs mostly, iirc, to get gud and then stayed on it. Still use it heavily. Org mode has been a killer application.