[geeks] vi vs. emacs - rational discussion

[doctor obnox son of a bitch]

Bill Bradford spoke in riddles, like the night...

> I learned vi when I first touched a unix box.
> 
> I now use VIM, solely for color syntax highlighting.
> 
> Why (if any reasons), should I consider learning Emacs?
> 
> (note: I have vi movement/editing commands hardwired into my 
>  brain by this point)
> 


I'm 100% vim. I always wind up installing an emacs on any box I have control
over, only to get frustrated every time I try and use it. I've decided just
to stop doing that, and be happy with my vim. I will never say anything bad
about emacs or it's users, but I'll just continue on doing my thing my way.

My cow-orkers think I'm nuts to use gvim on Winders to program SQueal procs.
The split-diff is so sweet for porting procs from the old DB to the new DB.


> Discuss amongst yourselves.
> 
> -- 
> bill bradford
> mrbill at mrbill.net
> austin, texas
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