[COFF] editor wars

Chet Ramey via COFF coff at tuhs.org
Mon Jul 21 23:59:54 AEST 2025


On 7/20/25 9:52 AM, Will Senn wrote:

> As a vi guy, I cannot even understand emac's appeal. I've tried countless 
> times, even going emacs only for a while... when I went back to vi, it was 
> like old shoes, very comfortable.

Because familiarity is very powerful. Lots of people mistake it for
intuitiveness.


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Chet Ramey, UTech, CWRU    chet at case.edu    http://tiswww.cwru.edu/~chet/
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