Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on May 03, 2006 09:53 PM
So which is it... is EMACS (bigger than Vim) full-fledged while Vim (smaller than EMACS) is bloat? Come on.
They both have their uses:
- Vi(m) for quick edits on the console or terminal window. - emacs for longer edits (e.g., writing a paper).
I've used been using vi for 16 years. The 2-mode input was good for all kinds of terminals that might not have meta keys, but difficult to use today (and unnecesary).
You obviously don't know anything about Vim. Not only has vi been around since the dark ages, Vim has what's called Vimscript... which makes basically anything possible... from e-mail clients to directory listing to custom compiles... hell, Vim will include the Python interpreter if you want it to.
I suspected it does. What I'm saying is that it's unnecessary for its intended use.
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Re:Too much bloat?
Posted by: Anonymous Coward on May 03, 2006 09:53 PMThey both have their uses:
- Vi(m) for quick edits on the console or terminal window.
- emacs for longer edits (e.g., writing a paper).
I've used been using vi for 16 years. The 2-mode input was good for all kinds of terminals that might not have meta keys, but difficult to use today (and unnecesary).
You obviously don't know anything about Vim. Not only has vi been around since the dark ages, Vim has what's called Vimscript... which makes basically anything possible... from e-mail clients to directory listing to custom compiles... hell, Vim will include the Python interpreter if you want it to.
I suspected it does. What I'm saying is that it's unnecessary for its intended use.
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