Editor

This board needs some threads. I'll start the mandatory editor flame thread that all programming discussions require.

Emacs r0x0rz. Vi sux0rz. Vi users eat aborted babies for breakfast.

Actually I use TECO, but that's beside the point.

I still use Emacs primarily when wearing the sysadmin hat here. The second of extra time it takes to load is inconsequental when even making small changes to config files (where I'd be spending at least several seconds to check-and-recheck I'm not about to bork a production server anyway..), if just for the automatic backup files, and being able to do a split-screen shells/edits/M-x man/whatever in the same 'perceptual context'.