[kappattack]

I use vim or vim emulation everywhere. I really miss it when I don't have it. I have not tried emacs yet because I'm just not ready to take on a new tool right now and I have a decent vimrc going that I really like. I've heard good things though.

I think it's good to be familiar with a console based text editor for those times when you just can't have a GUI editor. I end up in the console so much that I ultimately just decided to emulate vim wherever possible to keep things consistent, and I've gotten much better with vim over the years as a result. I don't think there's anything wrong with using a certain text editor though, just use whatever works for you.