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    2 days ago

    “Why are we running from the police, Daddy?”

    “Because we use Emacs, son. They use vim.”

    –old Slashdot T-shirt

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      Emacs is a nice one as well. Its approach and purposes are just different. But in my opinion difference has a lot of benefits, so long life to all the editors and a big thank you to the wonderful devs who offer these tools to us (remember to buy them a coffee or more if you can).

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      Seems like one loves vim or one does not. I learned vi back in the mid 80s, hated it then, probablty not going back. These days I thankfully use Geany or nano. Learning vim seems like a right of passage or something.

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        Learning vim seems like a right of passage or something.

        Yes, I think every developer is dropped into vim unexpectedly at some point (eg. git)… “What is this? How do I close it!!!”