Well, anything is a major PITA for someone who doesn't use emacs… More seriously, ASCII tables are always a major pain to edit, without the proper tools (like

Well, anything is a major PITA for someone who doesn't use emacs… More seriously, ASCII tables are always a major pain to edit, without the proper tools (like emacs—and I'd not be at all surprised if there's something for vim and/or Sublime Text too). That's no reason to avoid them; they are useful.