Wugmeister to Linux@lemmy.mlEnglish • edit-210 months agoWhat are your favorite EMACs?message-square20fedilinkarrow-up131arrow-down15
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minus-square@Jestzer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink5•10 months agoEvery other admin I work with uses vi. Not my personal choice, but it seems like lots of people are content still using it.
minus-squarexigoilink4•10 months agovi is aliased to vim on most systems, so they’re likely unknowingly using Vim.
minus-square@ReveredOxygen@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglish3•10 months agoeven if you run vi, the welcome screen says what it actually is
minus-square@NeoNachtwaechter@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink3•10 months ago Vi? Not Vim or Neovim I have probably had them all and then some more. Honestly, I don’t care about these fine distinctions.
minus-squarexigoilink4•10 months agoI’d say that whether the backspace key works properly is a pretty important distinction.
minus-square@NeoNachtwaechter@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink3•10 months ago pretty important Not that much… only if you have a habit of making many single key typos ;-) For editing text, better learn all the other ways, too. They are so much more powerful than the deletion of single characters.
minus-square@fraydabson@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglish2•10 months agoI just learned about neovim. Combined with vim bootstrap. Officially made it my primary and aliased for vi
The actual Vi? Not Vim or Neovim? In 2023?
Every other admin I work with uses vi. Not my personal choice, but it seems like lots of people are content still using it.
viis aliased tovimon most systems, so they’re likely unknowingly using Vim.even if you run vi, the welcome screen says what it actually is
nvi, I guess.
I have probably had them all and then some more. Honestly, I don’t care about these fine distinctions.
I’d say that whether the backspace key works properly is a pretty important distinction.
Not that much… only if you have a habit of making many single key typos ;-)
For editing text, better learn all the other ways, too. They are so much more powerful than the deletion of single characters.
I just learned about neovim. Combined with vim bootstrap. Officially made it my primary and aliased for vi