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martyb
on Monday February 08 2016, @05:12AM
from the break-out-the-asbestos-clothing dept.
from the break-out-the-asbestos-clothing dept.
Nothing warms the soul on a cold winter morning like a VI vs EMACS flamewar. But when was the last time you saw one? Kids these days, using their javascript-powered editors. And with VI and EMACS both eligible for Social Security, perhaps their fighting days are over. But fear not! A new generation of VI and EMACS is here to fight and fight and fight fight fight.
Neovim (github) is a VIM fork for the 21st century. Removing cruft (like support for the Amiga platform where VIM originated) and other updates.
Spacemacs (github) claims to be a "Mnemonic, Discoverable, Consistent, and Crowd-Funded" (vim and emacs) distribution. Confused? Me too.
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(Score: 2) by tangomargarine on Monday February 08 2016, @08:46PM
Beta wasn't bloated. They stripped OUT the features we actually wanted.
Emacs : systemd might be a bit more apt, but emacs is mind-explodingly customizable whereas systemd...
"Is that really true?" "I just spent the last hour telling you to think for yourself! Didn't you hear anything I said?"