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The thing I like most about Vim is that I'm not forced to configure it. Emacs has modalities too, but you can't bail out of them by hammering on ESC... I'm su
by blasdel 17y ago
The thing I like most about Vim is that I'm not forced to configure it.
Emacs has modalities too, but you can't bail out of them by hammering on ESC...
I'm sure I could get comfortable in emacs, but then I'd be one of those guys that has to copy his config files everywhere.
- lg 17y agoI always hear this and even emacs people reinforce it. Maybe I'm abnormal but I don't do much configuration. My .emacs loads up a few modes specific to certain programming languages I use, that do syntax highlighting and such. There's maybe one or two global keybindings I can type in from memory if I have to, and otherwise I just use the defaults and it's fine.
- aerique 17y agoThese are both good points by you and the parent that I never really realized. If you don't 'like' (for lack of a better word) configuration then Vim is definitely the better editor. I'm indeed the type of guy that carries his config files with him :) (be it on a USB stick, my website, Dropbox, GitHub, etc.)
- yangyang 17y agoYou usually can with C-g though. Just a question of knowing the basics.