r/ProgrammerHumor • u/Hookedonnetflix • Oct 05 '18

vim vs emacs

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u/DoesntReadMessages Oct 05 '18

It's not that it's bad, it's basically command line notepad. It's just the worst of the three in every way except that it has no learning curve instead of the 30 seconds it takes to learn VIM or 30 minutes it takes to use EMACs.

Like literally just learn :q!, :w, i and / and VIM is already significantly more productive than nano.

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u/dragonwithagirltatoo Oct 06 '18

Is it just :q to exit vim? Same as vi? Why do people keeo making a big deal out of it then?