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I always say that there's only one reason to use vim over emacs, and that's that vi is on almost every machine you touch. It's an optional POSIX command[0], but
by godelski 2y ago
I always say that there's only one reason to use vim over emacs, and that's that vi is on almost every machine you touch. It's an optional POSIX command[0], but it is as common as `more` or `type`. Though that is a bit of a lie. The other reason is that you're more likely to find vim bindings in random programs than emacs :P
[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_POSIX_commands https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_POSIX_commands
- joshjob42 2y agoAs someone who came from vim, I find evil to be great tbh.
- godelski 2y agoWhy go to emacs then? What do you get that vim couldn't provide?
- hsbauauvhabzb 2y agoEmacs probably enables more functionality than vscode or any other tool. You can literally browse the web or send emails from emacs - I’m not saying you should, but the potential for performing tasks are infinite. Vim has by far the better default user interface, though.