a good programming text editor (not IDE)

[James Stroud]

Tim Chase wrote:
>> No need to argue. I started with vim, and finally switched to
>> emacs less than one year later.
> 
> 
> Both are very-much-so good editors.  I made the opposite switch
> from emacs to vim in less than a year.  Both are good^Wgreat
> editors, so one's decision to use one over the other is more a
> matter of working style.  I don't grok LISP, and just never felt
> at home in emacs, despite all the power I could see that was
> there.  I grok vim (and its similar power/extensibility), so I
> migrated to it.  I have to laugh at the whole holy-war thing, as
> it's somewhat like arguing about a favorite color.  "But blue is
> so better than green!  The sky is blue!"  "Nuh, uh!  Green is far
> better than blue!  Grass is green!" (okay, here in Texas, that
> doesn't always hold as true...maybe personality #2 should be
> arguing for brown instead).
> 
> My best friend is an emacs user, and I'm a vimmer...it doesn't
> come between us. :)
> 
> -tkc

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