debating features is a moot point. especially between vim and emacs since they can both be scripted to do anything, literally.
for me the deciding factor is this: editing code in vi is fast, vim is faster this speed comes at the cost of short cryptic commands accessible from home row and therefore requires vast amounts of memorization. but, I haven't found anything that can match it's speed. if someone can show me a faster editor I would use it, even if it only runs on winders. On Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 11:26 AM, Byron Clark <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 06:07:29PM +0000, David Hilton wrote: >> On Tue, Apr 20, 2010 at 5:17 PM, Byron Clark <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> > Fortunately, readline (used by bash and many other console apps) >> > provides great vi keybindings also. Just add this line to ~/.inputrc: >> > >> > set editing-mode vi >> >> vi editing mode has less comprehensive keybindings, and while you can >> custom bind commands, this is not as viable an option when working on >> shared systems. > > Just for curiosity sake, which bindings are there by default in emacs > mode that you miss in vi mode? > > -- > Byron Clark > -------------------- > BYU Unix Users Group > http://uug.byu.edu/ > > The opinions expressed in this message are the responsibility of their > author. They are not endorsed by BYU, the BYU CS Department or BYU-UUG. > ___________________________________________________________________ > List Info (unsubscribe here): http://uug.byu.edu/mailman/listinfo/uug-list > -------------------- BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ The opinions expressed in this message are the responsibility of their author. They are not endorsed by BYU, the BYU CS Department or BYU-UUG. ___________________________________________________________________ List Info (unsubscribe here): http://uug.byu.edu/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
