[geeks] vi vs. emacs - rational discussion

[Joshua Boyd]

On Sat, Apr 03, 2004 at 07:44:17AM -0500, James wrote:
> > 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)
> >
> > Discuss amongst yourselves.
> 
> I'm the opposite. I learned Emacs first because I thought it was easier to
> understand and more GUI-like. When I got into the Solaris world I lost Emacs
> and had to come up to speed with vi. Since then I have a preference for vi
> based on a formula of simplicity+ubiquity+resources.

I learned emacs first because I came across a windows port when I was
trying to find a free text editor that would allow me to open 65meg text
files.