vi or emacs? (lemmy.world)

submitted 8 months ago by multicolorKnight@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

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I think the possible valid answers are: "vi", "emacs", "both", "seriously it's 2024", and " huh?"

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[-] TootSweet@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago

Vi.

Honestly, Vim is too heavy for me. I wish I could get a reasonable text editor with:

No built-in programming languages.
Vi(m)-style modal editing and keys.
No GUI. Terminal is good, thanks.
Not a lot of moving parts.
Infinite undo. (I'm ambivolent about an undo/redo "tree" feature like Vim has.)
Visual mode like Vim has.
Simple syntax highlighting would be a plus, but not a must-have.
Stable. As in doesn't crash.

Vim fails on #1, #4, and #7. (It has syntax highlighting, but not simple highlighting.)

I usually just use the vi that is pre-installed on Arch Linux. (I use Arch Linux btw. Bite me. 😈) But it fails on #5, #6, #7, and #8. (It segfaults randomly a lot.) But I guess those issues haven't been deal breakers enough to make me switch to something else.

I have used nvi in the past. I ended up leaving it for the Arch pre-installed vi. Don't remember particuarly why now.

Maybe one day I'll write my own text editor and ascend to full neckbeardhood.

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