No offense intended to vim! I've been using vi for over 25-years, and I use emacs as my primary code editor. I love the terminal. That being said, it can be

No offense intended to vim! I've been using vi for over 25-years, and I use emacs as my primary code editor. I love the terminal. That being said, it can be daunting to use vim on a remote machine when you're just getting started (think intro CS class). Knowing input modes, dealing with strange copy/paste behavior, and no vi configuration out of the box is not a good experience. With Wave you get an option -- if you like vim, great, use it, if not, you have an alternative.