![]() If the concept of mixing Vim & emacs is interesting you might look into the spacemacs project.Īlthough this is a very old topic. If that doesn’t work I then go to vi which is the editor that Vim is built to improve. if nano isn’t available I try ee for easy edtior (a BSD staple). It’s about as no frills as it gets and is pretty approachable for most needs. The terminal editor I grab first if it’s a clean/new instal of *nix is nano. The benefit to both Vim & emacs is that they can be accessed via the terminal, so we go back to ubiquity. I recommend Prelude as a good entry point. It’s over sized and over powered but there are many good ways to gently on board yourself into the emacs lifestyle. It also does have a GUI version so you’re “stuck” in just a terminal window.Īs a matter of preference, I tend toward emacs. Vim is in just about every distribution of Linux and BSD. If you’re going to end up in a *nix or BSD environment, which as dev you probably will at some point, then a basic understanding of Vim is good. I second all votes for VS Code, if you “just want to get things done” and are more comfortable in a GUI. You should be willing to spend extra time learning vim/emacs and get annoyed often because getting anything done takes ages… until you get it :~) And I was already familiar with using the hjkl keys as movement keys, add another month or so if you are not. It took me about two months until I felt as productive as before, and another week to feel vastly limited by conventional arrow-keys text editing. Vim (and Emacs) have a learning curve similar to a brick wall. Vim’s scripting language is arguable not great, but it’s easier to understand what is going on in your. However, if you want to use emacs you should at least be able to read lisp, which is not an easy task for the uninitiated. ![]() I’ve heard of people who have migrated to emacs because of evil mode. It’s a monster and it even has an Evil Mode, which supposedly feels like vim. I’ve barely used emacs, but people jokingly call it an operating system :~). ![]() Being able to use most text editors at an intermediate level is waste of time.I recommend starting with vim because it concentrates on being a fantastic text editor. But, no matter which editor you choose, stick to one or two until you become an advanced user. Other editors like sublime text, VS code, and so forth are also worth learning and using. Emacs if you have a long-term plan to master a programmable editor vim as a default editor in the terminalģ. Regardless of all the situations, learning basic vim in the terminal will help you in any case.ġ. In that sense, using atom would be a recommendable option. For beginners, I guess Emacs requires significant time to learn to fully enjoy its wonderful functionalities. My general preference is to use an independent text editor, which is better if it is highly customizable and programmable. Most people use Emacs using GUI and emacs-client not to use too much memory. If you want to edit all of your codes within a terminal, then Vim or neovim would be the choice.Įmacs can be run in a terminal, but the functionality is limited. It truly depends on whether you want to completely avoid GUI and stick to TUI and command lines.
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