vi vs Emacs debate live at GTALUG September 11 !!!

[Robert Brockway]

On Fri, 24 Aug 2007, Walter Dnes wrote:

>> - The title is deliberately vague - the definition of Emacs here includes
>> all past & present versions of the OS^H^Heditor.
>
>  Given that, I hope that you allow vim as part of vi, otherwise the
> debate is stacked in favour of emacs.  If you do find "vi" on a modern
> linux system today, it's most likely a symlink to vim.

Yeah I should have been more explicit here - I meant vi and clones.

>> - vi is correctly pronounced "vee eye".
>
>  It's actually pronounced as "vim" (rhymes with "him").

Or vile or elvis :)

Cheers,

Rob

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