[OFF-TOPIC] Vim or Emacs?

Looks like someone's looking for directions to Nerd Prom. 

vim. End of thread

VS Code. In actuality, depends on what you are using it for.

GTFOWTS.

vim is more of an upfront investment/learning curve, but so worth it in the long run

The answer is emacs.

You can write elisp to make it do whatever it is you want to do. Think about how cool this is: years ago, stallman created an editor with an interpreter embedded inside of it! The fact that each keystroke is programmable is super powerful.

Of course, the real key is becoming adept at whichever path you go down. Spend the time and learn the editor well.

Probably worth checking out more "modern" options too, e.g., atom, sublime text, etc.

VIM.  

Based upon Bill Joy's vi text editor. 

Joy is alum of UM so, VIM. 

What sport do they play?

Go with the one with the lower pad level.

Don't want to hijack the thread, but does Vim or Emacs affect the weather on Saturday?

Vim for me, but try both and see what works best for you.

Straight up vi...  I don't trust this fancy new networky windowy stuff.

Only know vi myself. 

I use emacs. Initially it was the learning curve, but I got good at it, and Vim (frankly) just seems like a PITA to learn. 

But I have colleagues that swear by Vim.

C-x, C-c

Why not both?

hvac

I’m have a flashback to the 1980s.  VI beat Emacs back then, too.

If you're primarily a developer, either one would be fine. If you do systems administration, vim is more useful as it (or its very similar predecessor vi) is much more likely to be installed on random machines with Linux or other flavors of Unix installed.

I personally prefer vim.

Obviously it's emacs. But really Randall got this right at XKCD:

E.max is a great material for your crown or onlay.  It is my material of choice when using CEREC.

Wrong thread?

kate is a nice user friendly tool with lots of power. Not a replacement for either, but simple enough for anyone to use.

If this thread, and almost every comment in it, were in Cretan hieroglyphics I would have understood it just as well as I did in English

Either are fine. Just make sure your editor is terminal based. Shit like Atom or Sublimetext are for script kiddies.

I use aquamacs on Mac. Excellent software with common mac key-bindings, easy learning curve to get start and you can unleash the full power of emacs gradually when you need them. When I need to do simple editing on a terminal, I use pico or nano. 

on the other hand, if your work requires to work on computers remotely, I have witnessed many times how one can get work down very efficiently in a terminal window using vim.

tabs not spaces

Shouldn't trust anything that shares a name with a word in the Sparty fight song.

EMACS all the way baby

I used to be a vi partisan, but the tools that come with environments like Visual Studio and Eclipse are making this argument a little less relevant. Whichever one you decide to learn should become ingrained enough in muscle memory (like typing) that switching would be difficult.