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by abjKT26nO8 2190 days ago
I agree with you that emacs and vim aren't CLI editors. Emacs is a GUI editor and vim is a TUI editor.

As to CLI editors... I use cat all the time to make notes. Because it's straightforward. Firing up vim or emacs would trigger a mental context-switch (caused by screen redraw), while cat is a good CLI citizen --- it's the best thing to make quick notes with 0 distractions.
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Scarbutt 2190 days ago
Emacs is a TUI too, just like Vim is a GUI too.
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abjKT26nO8 2189 days ago
> Emacs is a TUI too

That's an alternative way of using it. And half the things you have in GUI mode stop working.

> Vim is a GUI too

Are you speaking about GVim? That's still really a terminal with Vim launched. You still can't have e.g. headings in documents rendered at a different font size than the rest of the content. You still have to deal with the nonsense of patched fonts to get nice-looking arrows with powerline. Sounds like TUI to me.

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