[oclug] vi / emacs holy war

[Michael P. Soulier]

On Wed, Jan 10, 2001 at 08:03:38AM -0500, Trevor Curtis wrote:
> As for editors, I use both.  I'm using emacs writing this, but started with
> vi, 5'ish years ago when I first started working on *nix.  I just learnt
> emacs to see what is was like.  It's nice, but vi will always be my *native
> tongue* as editors go.

    Emacs _is_ nice. I'd honestly use it, if it weren't for 3 things. 

    1. The syntax shading in many modes is broken.
    2. The perl modes are horribly broken.
    3. The navigational keys, especially the Meta- keys, cause quite the hand
strain. 

    I don't have these problems with Vim, but I also miss out on some
capabilities of Emacs. I can work around them though, so no problems. 

    Mike

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