[COFF] editor wars

[Warner Losh]

On Mon, Jul 21, 2025 at 5:30 PM David Arnold <davida at pobox.com> wrote:
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> > On 22 Jul 2025, at 09:02, sjenkin at canb.auug.org.au wrote:
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> > 3. I’ve never heard of people with RSI from using ‘vi’/‘vim’. Is this right?
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> The Xahlee article you cited mentioned that John Ousterhout was both an RSI sufferer and a vi user.

I've know several RSI suffers that used vi. Several that used emacs.
No good data, that I've seen, on which one is better or worse. I did
have a conversation with my doctor that told me that hands between
keyboard and mouse make it worse, but I don't know where he got that
idea: just from his patience or some study. I know I do better with a
real mouse and keeping my hands off it as much as possible.

Warner