Timeline for Time to drop Emacs and vi? [duplicate]
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| Feb 2, 2020 at 10:38 | comment | added | bytepusher | For emacs ( and I'm sure for vim, but I'm not familiar ), there are often enough customizations out there to give it all of the functionality of an IDE. With the advantage of being customizable and I'm able to turn it off when I don't like it. Thus, I challenge your question of "IDE over emacs". Emacs can function just like an IDE ( I've got it set up for python to run black with our config, enter debugger, etc. ) | |
| Jul 1, 2018 at 6:09 | comment | added | BlackCap | You could ask the same question about operating systems. Linux, Mac and Windows are all ancient, why not do all our work on a more modern system like Android instead? Why, because our operating systems and our text editors are regularly updated to keep up with the times, and more modern does not mean better! | |
| Oct 28, 2016 at 12:38 | comment | added | Thorbjørn Ravn Andersen | It is just a tool. The more tools you know, the more versatile a craftsman you can be. | |
| Mar 27, 2014 at 3:09 | comment | added | Jim Balter | This question as asked is deeply unintelligent. The assertion that we have better alternatives is immediately shown to be baseless by "at least I hope we do" and everything else that follows. The notion that something should be dropped before inventing an alternative is grossly irrational, as is the notion that one can just "look for something new" as if great text editors can be found by digging in the ground, or something. I find it bizarre that such idiocy has been turned into a Community wiki -- what purpose does it serve other than an example of how not to ask a question? | |
| Apr 18, 2013 at 2:10 | history | closed |
gnat Jimmy Hoffa Giorgio Martijn Pieters user40980 |
exact duplicate | |
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| Feb 20, 2013 at 16:16 | comment | added | haylem | But you're right, there's an alternative: there's acme. | |
| Feb 20, 2013 at 16:15 | comment | added | haylem |
we have better alternatives - says who, and why? at least I hope we do - why do you hope so? Works for me. In fact, though I've used plenty of other IDEs, I very often go back to good ol' emacs.
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| Nov 9, 2012 at 14:05 | comment | added | Giorgio | Based on what principle an idea is good when it is new, and it is bad when it is old or ancient? | |
| Aug 22, 2012 at 13:38 | comment | added | Matthieu | This is really a comment, not an answer to the question. Please use "add comment" to leave feedback for the author. | |
| Feb 19, 2012 at 15:10 | comment | added | Dynamic | Can you please elaborate on why... | |
| Apr 10, 2011 at 20:39 | comment | added | user21007 | When most people state that vi is better than Emacs, they really mean Vim. Is that what you mean by a "better alternative"? | |
| Apr 10, 2011 at 20:30 | history | edited | Peter Mortensen | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Apr 5, 2011 at 12:22 | comment | added | kevin cline | @Thorbjorn: No RSI problems for me. I have a programmable Kinesis keyboard, so I just move control and alt under the left thumb. Besides, you can easily change the Emacs keybindings as you please. I have less problem with RSI using Emacs than I have with any other editor; one reason is that I need far fewer keystrokes. | |
| Apr 5, 2011 at 7:23 | comment | added | user1249 | @Kevin, but the wordstar keybindings are nicer. Less rsi inducing strain. | |
| Mar 27, 2011 at 21:14 | comment | added | jsternberg | @David Thornley I use a package called 'emacs-snapshot' on Ubuntu. It's basically emacs with nicer fonts (also called pretty emacs I think). It mostly just looks nicer and has prettier colors :P | |
| Mar 27, 2011 at 20:37 | history | edited | Kate Gregory |
I agree this post is trolling; I don't think a tag for that will help
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| Mar 27, 2011 at 20:10 | history | edited | Chiron | CC BY-SA 2.5 |
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| Mar 25, 2011 at 22:46 | answer | added | Christopher Mahan | timeline score: 8 | |
| Mar 25, 2011 at 21:08 | comment | added | greyfade | You'll pry Vim from my cold, dead, long-decayed, skeletal hands. | |
| Mar 25, 2011 at 19:26 | answer | added | Matthieu M. | timeline score: 2 | |
| Mar 25, 2011 at 19:10 | comment | added | kevin cline | What do you think is better? I've been using Emacs for 33 years and I still haven't seen anything better for text manipulation. I can write more text in fewer keystrokes with Emacs than I can with any other tool. And don't make me pickup the $#!@@@#%$! mouse. | |
| Mar 25, 2011 at 17:12 | answer | added | Beekguk | timeline score: -1 | |
| Mar 25, 2011 at 16:11 | comment | added | Nemanja Trifunovic | @David Thornley: True, but these days most people (including myself) really mean vim when they say "vi". In fact, on Linux vi is just an alias for vim. | |
| Mar 25, 2011 at 16:05 | comment | added | David Thornley | @Nemanja Trifunovic: There is a newer and better alternative to vi, at least: vim. I don't know that there's one to emacs. | |
| Mar 25, 2011 at 14:07 | comment | added | Nobody | @4b3li: welcome to 2011, youre only 10 years late! | |
| Mar 25, 2011 at 14:00 | comment | added | PSU | So...it's not broken, it's just time to fix it? | |
| Mar 25, 2011 at 13:42 | answer | added | TMN | timeline score: 0 | |
| Mar 25, 2011 at 12:47 | comment | added | Nemanja Trifunovic | and we have better alternatives (at least I hope we do). If we do, I am not aware of them. | |
| Mar 25, 2011 at 12:35 | history | edited | davidhaskins | CC BY-SA 2.5 |
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| Mar 25, 2011 at 12:32 | comment | added | doc_id | why nano is never an valid option? is it merely the de facto standard of vi(m)? | |
| Mar 25, 2011 at 12:11 | answer | added | John R. Strohm | timeline score: 18 | |
| Mar 25, 2011 at 10:32 | comment | added | sakisk | Most UNIX-like systems are also following an ancient design. Do you think that we should drop them? Not really. If there's no better replacement, we continue to use our old nice and powerful tools. | |
| Mar 25, 2011 at 8:30 | answer | added | vstrien | timeline score: 19 | |
| Mar 25, 2011 at 8:14 | comment | added | vstrien | ... which is kind of Emacs for dummies ;-) | |
| S Mar 25, 2011 at 7:46 | answer | added | Chuck Stephanski | timeline score: 1 | |
| S Mar 25, 2011 at 7:46 | history | made wiki | Post Made Community Wiki | ||
| Mar 25, 2011 at 7:24 | comment | added | Brian Rasmussen |
grep has been around for a looong time as well, still pretty awesome IMO.
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| Mar 25, 2011 at 7:11 | answer | added | Stephen C | timeline score: 4 | |
| Mar 25, 2011 at 6:52 | answer | added | jtg | timeline score: 5 | |
| Mar 25, 2011 at 6:32 | answer | added | Srisa | timeline score: 2 | |
| Mar 25, 2011 at 6:14 | comment | added | user1249 | @4bu3li, just because a program has been around for long, does not mean it is not useful. Actually, it means the contrary. | |
| Mar 25, 2011 at 6:06 | answer | added | polemon | timeline score: 8 | |
| Mar 25, 2011 at 5:55 | comment | added | jwenting | just another "new is better by definition" example... so wrong, as always. | |
| Mar 25, 2011 at 5:25 | answer | added | Hery | timeline score: 27 | |
| Mar 25, 2011 at 5:25 | answer | added | Karl Bielefeldt | timeline score: 9 | |
| Mar 25, 2011 at 4:46 | comment | added | snakehiss | The list of alternatives is tellingly absent. :) | |
| Mar 25, 2011 at 4:38 | answer | added | snakehiss | timeline score: 6 | |
| Mar 25, 2011 at 4:30 | answer | added | dbyrne | timeline score: 41 | |
| Mar 25, 2011 at 4:28 | comment | added | mipadi | @ohho: TextMate has support for Unicode. | |
| Mar 25, 2011 at 4:04 | answer | added | jmq | timeline score: 0 | |
| Mar 25, 2011 at 4:03 | comment | added | ohho | Still waiting for Unicode support though. | |
| Mar 25, 2011 at 2:27 | history | tweeted | twitter.com/#!/StackProgrammer/status/51107821755965440 | ||
| Mar 25, 2011 at 1:37 | comment | added | Michael McGowan | Obligatory XKCD reference: xkcd.com/378 | |
| Mar 25, 2011 at 1:34 | comment | added | Chiron | Indeed, I think TextMate is versatile and the way to build new editors. | |
| Mar 25, 2011 at 1:24 | comment | added | Rook | Well, you can always use Textmate ;) | |
| Mar 25, 2011 at 1:19 | answer | added | geekosaur | timeline score: 59 | |
| Mar 25, 2011 at 1:17 | answer | added | Michelle Tilley | timeline score: 69 | |
| Mar 25, 2011 at 1:17 | answer | added | Jeff | timeline score: 0 | |
| Mar 25, 2011 at 1:16 | answer | added | J.K. | timeline score: 83 | |
| Mar 25, 2011 at 1:14 | comment | added | Chiron | Actually I prefer Vi, I can't stand Emacs :) | |
| Mar 25, 2011 at 1:11 | comment | added | Dat Chu | The second I see "time to drop Vi" => :q | |
| Mar 25, 2011 at 1:08 | history | asked | Chiron | CC BY-SA 2.5 |