Should I switch to Emacs from Vim?
Vim is very good at editing text and it is superior to most of the text editors. Emacs is an extensible computing environment, which means it can interact with your computer and do many things which your system is capable of. For example i can play any movie in my system in any player i want within 10 key strokes.
Should I learn Emacs after Vim?
Short answer: Yes. You should learn either Emacs or Vim. Get comfortable with one before you tackle the other, though; they’re quite different and they’re both tools that you can spend years on without hitting the limits of their functionality.
Why you should not use Vim?
Don’t use Vim…
- if you think you can get the features of your IDE without the weight and the sluggishness.
- if you want an experience entirely focused on your technology stack.
- if you think it’s everywhere.
- if you need to get up to speed in an afternoon.
- if you only care about street credibility.
Is Vim worth learning 2020?
It’s worth learning the basics of Vim in 202x because all the big IDEs and editors these days support a Vim emulation mode, either natively or through plugins. This means that you learn to use it once, and can use it on any other IDE with very little extra effort.
Is Emacs harder than Vim?
Emacs tends to be relatively straightforward, similar to commonly used text editors like Notepad. Vim is known to have a much steeper learning curve than Emacs. However, it’s been said that putting in the extra effort is worth it because you will ultimately be able to work much faster and more comfortably in Vim.
Is VI (or Vim) hard to use?
vi (or vim) IS intuitive and it IS NOT HARD TO USE, once you learn its premises. vim is a TEXT-OBJECT ORIENTED EDITOR, and the commands are applied on the objects. Once you understand that (same way you’ve to learn CUA premises), it’s easy to use. vi is the “VIsual mode” of ex, an ancient editor, from the time the computers didn’t have a monitor.
Why doesn’t Vim have an ESC key on the keyboard?
Because, when Vim was created, Esc was still within the reach of your hand, where the tab key is now on modern keyboards. Vi is that old. Being old means Vi doesn’t have patterns that young users are used to.
What is your primary use case for Emacs?
Emacs’ main advantage for me was the ability to track my time for each task I work on or every meeting I attend. At the end of each week and month, I can pull statistics for time reporting or just for my own information and follow-up. I mainly use this method to clock my time.
Why is Vivi so hard to use?
Vi was created when keyboard was the main/only input devices. It doesn’t support mo It’s not hard to use. It’s hard to learn. Once you have learned Vi (m), you’ll swear by it and refuse to use any other text editor. (The standard joke is that Vi users belong to a cult, The Cult of vi, while Emacs users go to the church of Emacs .)