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To me the popularity of vim is also due that it's a small and fast editor to be used in the cli with more featires than nano, while emacs mostly is a gui applic
by alerighi 3y ago
To me the popularity of vim is also due that it's a small and fast editor to be used in the cli with more featires than nano, while emacs mostly is a gui application. This makes it ideal to edit configuration files or small scripts on a server. I use it mostly for this reason, and my coworkers use it for the same reason, while I use vscode for programming.
- heelix 3y agoAlso, when one has to reach out to unfamiliar servers, I can always count on some form of VI being present. The same is not true for Emacs.
- medstrom 3y agoThis trope is older than I am. And the standard answer is equally old: you wouldn't use the remote server's emacs, you would connect to the remote server from inside your own local emacs.
- llm_trw 3y agoSeriously people. Tramp mode is your friend. It can even two two or more hops.
- BillyTheMage 3y agoIt's even more seamless than using the other machine's Emacs. Sometimes I have to remind myself which things are on which machine.
- globular-toast 3y agoAnd you can sudo/su on the remote.
- Teknomancer 3y agoThis.