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We need a good VI vs EMACS flamewar

Accepted submission by ghost at 2016-02-05 14:44:46
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ghost [soylentnews.org] writes:

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 [neovim.io] (github [github.com]) is a VIM fork for the 21st century. Removing cruft (like support for the Amiga platform where VIM originated) and other updates.

Spacemacs [spacemacs.org] (a href="https://github.com/syl20bnr/spacemacs">github) is bi-sexual (vim and emacs) emacs distribution. Confused? Me too.

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