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by deskr 526 days ago
Ah, someone has arrived with matches and kindling for the classic Emacs/Vi flame war.

But I'm pouring water on it right away. I'm glad you found peace with Emacs.

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Yes to all perusers about to make some holy war comment or crack a long-dead joke about editors, please don't. Most of us out there are happy you've found peace or joy with your editor of choice.

Keep the holy war dead and let people decide for themselves what their editor should be. I use Emacs but I have many colleagues who use Neovim and we all are very supportive of each other.

I certainly did not intend to ignite any flamewar. IMO both Emacs and (Neo)Vi(m) are fine editors. I wish more people would accept other people's right to have a personal preference.

My choice of Emacs was based on what I see as a fragmenting of (Neo)Vi(m) ecosystem. When writing extensions, I was uncomfortable with a "which of the three languages do I use" decision. The only common language is old Vimscript, and both forks are moving on from it and neither seems willing to support the other fork's preferred language.

That's their right, to be sure. It's just a deal breaker for me.