Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on January 25, 2007 11:37 AM
It sounds like EmEditor can do many things Vim can do. That is great news for sithrunner and others who want some Vim features in a familiar ms-windows-looking package. Vim appeals to people who are willing to deal with greater complexity to obtain greater flexibility. Some people leverage the flexibility of Vim to become very efficient. Others simply enjoy tinkering with complex applications like Vim.
Beyond even the flexibility of it's commands, Vim has another virtue editors like EmEditor do not have: it is open source. As open source, I can rewrite the source code to make it do anything I want (if I have the time and energy required). Also, as open source, I know there is a community of people who will keep improving Vim because they care about it. If the company that sells EmEditor every goes bankrupt, I hope it releases the code as open source and I hope some of its devotees learn enough about how it works to keep it going (and build in some of the flexibility that Vim has). ~
Learn about Linux
Download Linux
Get Linux help
Re:Why Vim?
Posted by: Anonymous Coward on January 25, 2007 11:37 AMBeyond even the flexibility of it's commands, Vim has another virtue editors like EmEditor do not have: it is open source. As open source, I can rewrite the source code to make it do anything I want (if I have the time and energy required). Also, as open source, I know there is a community of people who will keep improving Vim because they care about it. If the company that sells EmEditor every goes bankrupt, I hope it releases the code as open source and I hope some of its devotees learn enough about how it works to keep it going (and build in some of the flexibility that Vim has).
~
#