The comments on this post went exactly like they have over the past 20 years, with one exception.
Emacs is all but forgoten.
Vim wins.
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Recently, I recommended to a friend that basic vim/vi is worth learning because it's a baseline that you can always trust will be there across different Linux systems.
They asked me what I used most on my home system, and the answer was emacs, but I was very clear that I was not recommending it. It's a particular kind of person who finds themselves at home in emacs, and for everyone besides those people, selling them on emacs would feel like persuading them to do hard drugs.
Didn't even macs have vi?
you have offended all 6 of us, prepare for retribution
Well, "vi is love" is something I always see as "masochism is related to sex".
Bro you forgot the 'm' at the end of vi
And the i, c, r, and o. In fact keep the vi.
Op, what do you find more offputting: emacs or neovim?
We don't want a viditor, we want an editor. Why? Because ed is the standard!
What makes 6 so popular?
Because vii viii ix
LXIX my balls! Haha got'em.
Believe it or not, this is the second time I got to make that joke within an hour.
* laughs in Latin *
Emacs
(ducks)
Emacs is what the unified linux desktop should be
I use vi from an Emacs Shell, which was spawned from an Emacs GUI.
bro tryin' to summon a demon... /s
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Vi hasnβt been updated since 2005. Arenβt everyone just using vim or neovim?
Not to imply that Vi is perfect, but Vi is perfect. What do you need an update for? /s
I use whatever the machine gives me when I type vi, I assume it's usually vim
Huh, vi for me has always been actual vi, not vim. Didn't know some systems symlink vi to vim.
vim has a limited "vi-mode" that it uses if you call it as vi. so it could still be vim.
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A long time ago, someone posted advocating symlinking vi to emacs. Evil, but entertaining.
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