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Vim or Emacs? #15

Closed vinitkumar closed 5 years ago

vinitkumar commented 5 years ago

Do you use any of these and if so why you prefer one over another?

mxcl commented 5 years ago

I use TextMate, Xcode and VSCode; I have always preferred a GUI editor. When I have to (ssh, etc.) I use vim, but I am no master by any means. I have never used Emacs.

I have learned all the tricks I can with the editors I use, but ultimately I find getting text into the editor is not my bottleneck so I have not sought more efficient ways to do this.

No doubt if I was a master of VIM or Emacs I would love it and benefit. But my goal is to crank out products and taking the time to learn and then master VIM or Emacs is not worth it to me.

vinitkumar commented 5 years ago

@mxcl Thanks for an honest and good answer.

But my goal is to crank out products

Thanks for all that you do :) :+1: