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by copperx 3192 days ago
Is this sarcasm? "rule the developer world" when Emacs/Vim still exist and are much more portable and battle tested?
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Johnny_Brahms 3192 days ago
As an Emacs enthusiast I agree with that (GP's) statement. VScode is usable for everyone from the start yet is capable to grow just like vim and in most meaningful ways just like Emacs.

I have a feeling that this approachability is what will win in the end.

It won't win me over, but my investment in Emacs can be measured in over 50kb of elisp code :)

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romanovcode 3192 days ago
Currently VS Code "rules the developer world" much more then Emacs and Vim combined so the OP is actually correct.

Most developers do not care to learn VIM/Emacs, myself included.

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bpicolo 3192 days ago
Doesn't look like it.

https://insights.stackoverflow.com/survey/2017#technology-mo...

I like VS code, but emacs and vim both have healthy, large user bases. Unless the only definition of a developer is "people writing SPAs"

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monsieurbanana 3191 days ago
I... huh... I'm not sure what to say here.

However statistics don't lie. Good bye 77kb emacs config, good bye editors wars. I enjoyed trolling you, VIM users, but today I saw the light.

I'm moving to Notepad++.

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