[Gllug] ed vs emacs/vi, was: ed vs emacs, was: OpenMoko Neo Freerunner

[Joel Bernstein]

On 15 May 2009, at 17:51, general_email at technicalbloke.com wrote:
> Anyway since this thread has started I have tried to put the past  
> behind
> me and have spent a bit of time acquainting myself with Emacs and Vim,
> seeing as how everyone here seem to have nothing bad to say about them
> and consensus that they are veritable force magnifiers. Having duly
> invested 20 minutes dicking around and glancing at the tutorials of  
> each

If you're interested in learning enough of either to make an informed  
opinion this seems a good start.

I keep these bookmarked to show to people who occasionally ask me what  
the advantage is:
http://www.viemu.com/a-why-vi-vim.html
http://www.viemu.com/a_vi_vim_graphical_cheat_sheet_tutorial.html
http://jmcpherson.org/editing.html

> I have to say...
> Emacs clearly kicks Vim's ass! ;D

Emacs kicks vi's ass, given you're coming from a GUI editor/IDE  
perspective.
Vim, or perhaps gvim, suitably configured, is equally good or better.  
Unless you want to read your email in your editor. Using either for  
long will involve learning to install and configure its plugins. 20  
minutes probably isn't enough for that.

/joel
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