On Wed, Aug 25, 2010 at 1:04 AM, Mike Miller <mbmiller+l at gmail.com<mbmiller%2Bl at gmail.com> > wrote: > I know that you can make vim do good things, and the syntax highlighting > looks nice, and I get that vi is on all UNIX/Linux systems and therefore > useful in a clinch, but I don't see why people argue that vi/vim/gvim is > better than emacs. I think those people are just really good with vim and > not so good with emacs, so vim seems better to them. > I won't claim vim is better than emacs, or vice versa. The fact that emacs has a little interpretor in it that makes it extensible certainly lends itself to some powerful enhancements. But that said, the reasons I prefer vim to emacs are: * Control-key-overload-induced-RSI-injuries. When I've had extended interactions with emacs I've had to remap the control key to capslock and even then I started to experience discomfort. * I can navigate the curser extremely quickly without moving my hands from the home row keys, and without chording the ctrl-key. -Rob -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.mn-linux.org/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20100825/24492641/attachment.htm