At least be aware of the major differences between the two. Most importantly, vi is a modal editor, while emacs is modeless. This is an ENORMOUS difference from an interface perspective. I'm not...
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At least be aware of the major differences between the two. Most importantly, vi is a modal editor, while emacs is modeless. This is an ENORMOUS difference from an interface perspective. I'm not...
Giving a crap about the difference isn't the same as getting worked up about it. At work, my development environment is Linux, and yet the product's main target is Windows (there are many other...
Try being accurate. My exact wording was "it's like," your exact wording was "the same." Fine -- I'll call the missus and ask her -- she's Israeli, she'll tell me if I'm being stupid.
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Nope....
I didn't say it's the same, I said it's like it. And you must be joking if you think people don't get into fist fights over it. It's stupid but true.
Lumping emacs and vi together is like saying "Israelis, Palestinians, all the same thing!" Sorry to relieve you of your ignorance, but this is one of the biggest, hottest, most famous flamewar topics...
Another vote for emacs.