Re:Finding your way in vim: tags, cscope, grep and more
by exDM69 on Thursday July 28, 2011 @07:01AM
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My experience is this: Emacs has better integration to tools (like debuggers, etc).
However, I like the Vim input model, where you combine commands (like delete or yank) to a motion (like a word, 3 words or everything inside these parentheses).
Emacs has the Viper mode, which gives basic Vi-style input model but it doesn't do advanced stuff like text objects.
IMO any serious coder should try both, Vim and Emacs and see which one works better.
However, I like the Vim input model, where you combine commands (like delete or yank) to a motion (like a word, 3 words or everything inside these parentheses).
Emacs has the Viper mode, which gives basic Vi-style input model but it doesn't do advanced stuff like text objects.
IMO any serious coder should try both, Vim and Emacs and see which one works better.