Going back as long as I can remember (slashdot in the late 90s), all the completely unscientific web polls I've seen [1][2][3] favour vi(m) by at least 2 to 1.

Going back as long as I can remember (slashdot in the late 90s), all the completely unscientific web polls I've seen [1][2][3] favour vi(m) by at least 2 to 1. (FWIW, I am an emacs user). [1] From HN about a year ago - http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3717754 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3717754 [2] Another random poll I found searching HN - http://gopollgo.com/which-editor-do-you-prefer-emacs-or-vi http://gopollgo.com/which-editor-do-you-prefer-emacs-or-vi [3] Slashdot poll from 2009, the earliest/only one I can actually find right now - http://slashdot.org/pollBooth.pl?qid=1717&aid=-1 http://slashdot.org/pollBooth.pl?qid=1717&aid=-1