Re:My pragmatic decision on GNU Emacs versus vim for my prog...
by brudgers on Wednesday August 24, 2016 @09:53AM
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I use Ubuntu. I am currently firing up Visual Studio Code rather than Emacs. I'm using a mod/add-on/package/whatEverItsCalled for Emacs keybindings. I get Emacs keybindings for Firefox with Firemacs. I get Emacs keybindings in Bash.
For a second set of editor commands, I've got ctrl-v, ctrl-x, etc. I'm not sure I need a third, less common set, which is how I've evaluated learning Vim. Though maybe the learning exercise might be worth it, I mean I tend to like modal applications.
Anyway, the thing about emacs is that there's a good chance that an application that edits text and allows keybinding will have Emacs bindings somewhere and that they will either be completely worthless or really good but only rarely not quite so bad as to be not worth using but still painful.
For a second set of editor commands, I've got ctrl-v, ctrl-x, etc. I'm not sure I need a third, less common set, which is how I've evaluated learning Vim. Though maybe the learning exercise might be worth it, I mean I tend to like modal applications.
Anyway, the thing about emacs is that there's a good chance that an application that edits text and allows keybinding will have Emacs bindings somewhere and that they will either be completely worthless or really good but only rarely not quite so bad as to be not worth using but still painful.