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Which one is better Emacs or vi?
Emacs tends to be relatively straightforward, similar to commonly used text editors like Notepad. Vim is known to have a much steeper learning curve than Emacs. However, it’s been said that putting in the extra effort is worth it because you will ultimately be able to work much faster and more comfortably in Vim.
Why is vi better than Emacs?
vi is a smaller and faster program, but with less capacity for customization. vim has evolved from vi to provide significantly more functionality and customization than vi, making it comparable to Emacs. vi start-up time is near instantaneous for small text files, while vim is almost as fast. Emacs uses metakey chords.
Is vim or Emacs more popular?
Programmers continue to argue over the best text editor: vi or Emacs. Today, Stack Overflow released its 2018 Developer Survey Results. Vim, the improved version of vi, scored 25.8% in popularity, while Emacs scored a paltry 4.1%. That is a staggering difference.
Why did I switch from VIM to Emacs?
Since I was using Emacs for time tracking and planning, it became kind of strange to switch over to Vim for note-taking and writing. So I started to create and open my notes files directly in Emacs; no surprise, it was quite handy because it was easier to switch between my notes and my to-do file.
Is it true that Emacs is slow to start?
Yes, Emacs is slow to start up, but this is not a big deal: you start Emacs once per session, then connect to the running process with emacsclient. So Emacs’s slow startup is mostly a myth. There’s one exception, which is when you log in to a remote machine and want to edit a file there.
Which is better Emacs Lisp or Vim Lisp?
Emacs is good at doing stuff that nobody thought of before: Emacs Lisp is a lot nicer than Vim’s macro language. Emacs tends to have better support for indenting source code but I don’t think it’s so much a flaw of Vim as a lack of libraries (the Vim support tend to be limited to syntax highlighting).
Is it good to use emacs as an editor?
Emacs is not just an editor: it’s also an IDE, a file manager, a terminal emulator, a web browser, a mail client, a news client, Whether that’s a good thing or a bad thing is a matter for debate. But you can use Emacs as a mere editor (see “feature bloat” above).