Tag Archives: Vim

It’s Friday so let’s have a bit of whimsy. This morning, I ran across two separate items poking gentle fun at Vim. First up is the fact that someone bought the vim.dev domain and immediately pointed it at the Emacs … Continue reading →

If you care about this sort of thing, there’s (yet another) survey on whether folks prefer Emacs, Vim, or something else. I wouldn’t bother linking if it were just another “what do you prefer” quickie but the poll asks additional … Continue reading →

As I’m sure all of you know, there’s a meme going around about people not being able to figure out how to exit Vi/Vim. I haven’t joined in the fun because, after all, exiting Emacs is just as obscure. Nevertheless, … Continue reading →

I saw this tweet and it got me thinking. The #emacs versus #vim religious conflict feels like other religious conflicts: ignored by ever more atheists. pic.twitter.com/8o8ZoKVRaD — Charles Merriam (@charles_merriam) July 7, 2016 The tweet is, of course, snark but … Continue reading →

Chris Patti over at Blind Not Dumb has gathered his courage and written a piece on vi versus Emacs. He approaches the subject, as the title suggests, without the usual religious fervor. His take, which is hard to argue with, … Continue reading →

As anyone who’s been around Irreal for awhile knows, I’m all in on Emacs. I find new uses for it and things I didn’t know it could do every day. Nonetheless, I was a Vim user for a long time … Continue reading →

and achieve great power. Come to the Dark Side… …we have #Vim and #Emacs. :D #Text #Editors — Darth Coder (@code4fud) July 10, 2015