Emacs vs. Vi

Generally provokes a religious war, but these are the main issues:

• Emacs

  • Real display editor
  • Very powerful
  • Infinitely Extensible
  • Huge library of lisp code
  • Large footprint?
  • Steep learning curve?
  • Built-in documentation

• Vi

  • Ubiquitous
  • Consistent
  • Modal operation
  • Can’t modify
    • keyboard maps
    • language-based editing

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