vim vs emacs

So I've finally memorized all the keyboard shortcuts for vim.

I don't have much experience with emacs, but I've heard food things about it. Is it worth familiarizing myself with it, or should I just stick to vim?

You dont have to familiarize yourself with it, emacs has a gui.

>>2
You can easily get rid of it:

(if (fboundp 'scroll-bar-mode) (scroll-bar-mode -1))
(if (fboundp 'tool-bar-mode) (tool-bar-mode -1))
(if (fboundp 'menu-bar-mode) (menu-bar-mode -1))

>>1
I find that both are overkill for 90% percent of text-editing tasks, especially Vim, and most of its fervent advocates seem to be Mac-using pseudohipsters, who wish to feel as if they were Ninja Snipers (I have heard the poor retards describe as those things in the past) while sitting on their ass shoving characters around in a file. It is pretty nice for editing files over SSH, though, which is roughly what it was created for.

Still, I use Emacs as a programming editor, after leaving Vim for it. I use it mostly for the languages for which it serves as decent IDE: Lisp dialects, C, R, LaTeX, Octave, maybe a few others. It's clunky for some tasks, but very easy to customize and has a... serviceable documentation system. Its functionality is pretty discoverable, too, once you know where to look, but you mostly ignore the info system; I've not found it to be worth the effort to learn how to navigate it.

I guess I would tell you to learn Emacs if you have some particular use for it, otherwise you could remain a Vim user just fine.

both are terrible.

I use gVim on Windows. It`s better than anything I have seen yet.

emacs
So, emacs user and vim user were at the bar. Of course, the first thing they do is compare their configuration files. Emacs user's file is messy pile of shit (in elisp). Almost unreadable. Vim user's file is clean and elegant as fuck (in vimscript).

They argue whose file is better, even though it's clear that vim users configuration file is superior. They then approach a fine lady sitting in the next table, and show her their files. Let her decide which file is better, they think.

After the lady had seen both files, she left with vim user to his apartment.

Poor emacs user, he couldn't even wank because of the carpal tunnel syndrome caused by extensive usage of emacs and it's keyboard "shortcuts".

>>7
How dare you insult lisp! We will cut off your penis and choke you with it.

I've heard food things about it

Yes. It is a very foody editor. Remember that an ounce of GNU should be met with a quarter ounce of cheddar for optimum taste.

>>6
gVim on Linux is better.

>>7
lol

what about ViM in Emacs?

>>11
What about VIP in /prog/?

http://sublimetext.com

/thread

>>13
Yuck.

>>8
It's okay, it's just elisp. It's like making fun of rexx... it's sort of obligatory.

>>13
For people who think they want to use Textmate, but don't know what's good about Textmate.

>>15
It works with Textmate font-lock themes.  I cannot imagine that editor having other features that are not already present in literally all other editors.  Notepad, for example.

clean and elegant as fuck (in vimscript).

" Ok, it was funny.

Kate4.