[dundee] Text editor decision question

[Rick Moynihan]

2009/6/25 Kris Davidson <davidson.kris at gmail.com>:
> Okay, this is an actual serious question, serious Kris is serious and all that.
>
> Anyway for a while now I've been meaning to learn one of the big two
> text editors; Vi/Vim or Emacs. I'm familiar enough with both to do
> basic editing but want to become an expert in one of them.
>
> I'm going to primarily use the chosen editor for general editing,
> taking notes, modifying config files, Python/Bash/Perl programming and
> some LaTeX stuff.
>
> I've bought books and downloaded learning material for both
>
> The problem is everytime I think I've made a decision I change my mind
> or go back to neutral. I'm looking for help in making the decision. So
> which editor do you use and why?, have you tried both etc? Does it
> depend on your particular field of computing, do genuine programmers
> lean towards one, while Sysadmin and networking people another?
>
> Kris

I spent a very long time using both also...  It's not a bad thing to
do, as they're both very different beasts with pros/cons to each...
Anyway, eventually Emacs won; primarily because of org-mode, which
will show you the true potential of the Emacs O/S:

http://orgmode.org/

That said, I still often use vi if I'm logged into a remote terminal
via ssh; though Emacs TRAMP is great for editing files on remote
servers without leaving the editor!