In today’s world, you would not miss anyone using their web browser to search for something on a daily, whether it is internet explorer, Firefox or even chrome .For this case therefore, it brought the rise of using text editors .Emacs and Vi since time memorial have been the go to text editors for software developers .Some prefer using “Vi” others prefer using “Emacs”.
So let us look at the difference between using VI and Emacs as a text editor.
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thas not a fair comparison, emacs is better then vi obviously, you could compare vim vs emacs or even better neovim vs emacs, i personally use neovim , emacs is awesome but lisp is just meh compared to the simplicity of lua.
mmh @revoltez interesting .So now that you have been using neovim as compared to emacs . What is one thing that you really love about it ?
the cool thing about neovim is that i will never exit the terminal, so it is more lightweight, and does not cosnume that much memory, essentially neovim was created to make vim be more like emacs and it was a huge success, and now since we have GPU accelerated terminals such as Alacritty or kitty, the exeperience feels completely different, (side note: i could display PDFs and images inside the terminal) and moreover neovim use lua as scripting language and it is simpler then lisp imho.
Uh oh…Someone wants to start a fight! Using Spacemacs, you have a decent Vim in Emacs. My favorite is NeoVim with the Lunarvim configuration and install the Mind extension. But, I do drop down to Emacs with Spacemacs every now and then. So, I guess I enjoy the best of both worlds. For graphical editor, I use OniVim 2. It’s really nice.
BTW: I started using Emacs first in 1983 on my colleges mainframe after they got rid of the card reader. So, I’ve used Emacs longer than Vim.
Wow , interesting
I also use both but my preference drops down to emacs because it supports more customization in the editor environment .