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by lucasoshiro 539 days ago
> The constant comparisons to VSCode frustrate me because they're often presented as "either-or"

I can say the same for Vim... My primary editor is Emacs, but I use vim if I want to edit something quickly in the terminal (config files, git commits, etc). If the codebase is bigger then I use the JetBrains IDEs...

I installed VSCode but I just don't like it. Until today I didn't find a use case for it being added to toolbelt. But I must admit that it almost won the editor wars, people just suppose that you use it.
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tcoff91 539 days ago
Do you use EViL mode?
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lucasoshiro 538 days ago
No. I have used exclusively Vim for some time before going to Emacs, and I switched because the package management in Emacs was better and because the plugins were more polished. Then I wanted to do "the official way", using the default Emacs keybindings, even though I find the Vim keybindings better.

I switched in late 2015, things were different back then. If it was today I think I would probably jump to Doom Emacs or Neovim.

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