Comments on: Reconsidering Vim http://floatingsun.net/2009/11/08/reconsidering-vim/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=reconsidering-vim Sun, 20 May 2012 06:51:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: ivan.harden http://floatingsun.net/2009/11/08/reconsidering-vim/#comment-243201 ivan.harden Thu, 12 Jan 2012 02:51:06 +0000 http://floatingsun.net/?p=1160#comment-243201 (I'm a long time Vim user who has lately started to play with emacs) I understand your point of view, and would just like to comment on one point. You say, "part of this has to do with the BDFL model in Vim. Bram Moolenar has done a tremendous job in bringing Vim to the stage where it is. People can and have forked Vim in the past. But for one reason or another, Vim has stayed Vim, and its development trajectory has been slow and incremental." I see no difference between Vim and Emacs/RMS in this respect. Many "fights" have been seen on emacs dev. maillist, and often RMS disregards the opinions of others with "I see it this way. So it shall be." (literal quote from some I encountered once). (I’m a long time Vim user who has lately started to play with emacs)

I understand your point of view, and would just like to comment on one point.
You say, “part of this has to do with the BDFL model in Vim. Bram Moolenar has done a tremendous job in bringing Vim to the stage where it is. People can and have forked Vim in the past. But for one reason or another, Vim has stayed Vim, and its development trajectory has been slow and incremental.”

I see no difference between Vim and Emacs/RMS in this respect. Many “fights” have been seen on emacs dev. maillist, and often RMS disregards the opinions of others with “I see it this way. So it shall be.” (literal quote from some I encountered once).

]]> By: Diwaker Gupta http://floatingsun.net/2009/11/08/reconsidering-vim/#comment-190512 Diwaker Gupta Fri, 04 Dec 2009 16:46:31 +0000 http://floatingsun.net/?p=1160#comment-190512 @Mike: All good points Mike. But the world has room for yet another editor :) @Mike: All good points Mike. But the world has room for yet another editor :)

]]> By: Diwaker Gupta http://floatingsun.net/2009/11/08/reconsidering-vim/#comment-190511 Diwaker Gupta Fri, 04 Dec 2009 16:45:57 +0000 http://floatingsun.net/?p=1160#comment-190511 @siddharth dave: :) @siddharth dave: :)

]]> By: Emacs vs. Vim http://floatingsun.net/2009/11/08/reconsidering-vim/#comment-189885 Emacs vs. Vim Sun, 22 Nov 2009 23:02:06 +0000 http://floatingsun.net/?p=1160#comment-189885 [...] Floating Sun Skip to content WelcomeBlogWritingUCSD Graduate Student FAQHOWTO: Install awstats on TextdriveHOWTO: Ubuntu on IBM Thinkpad T42Apping for DummiesOn email obfuscationProjectsComics GrabberWP-DokuwikiTest PageWordpress WidgetsResearchPublicationsCoursesArchivesAboutColophonTriviaTextdrive Who’s WhoWish listLegaleseContact « Reconsidering Vim [...] [...] Floating Sun Skip to content WelcomeBlogWritingUCSD Graduate Student FAQHOWTO: Install awstats on TextdriveHOWTO: Ubuntu on IBM Thinkpad T42Apping for DummiesOn email obfuscationProjectsComics GrabberWP-DokuwikiTest PageWordpress WidgetsResearchPublicationsCoursesArchivesAboutColophonTriviaTextdrive Who’s WhoWish listLegaleseContact « Reconsidering Vim [...]

]]> By: siddharth dave http://floatingsun.net/2009/11/08/reconsidering-vim/#comment-189730 siddharth dave Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:51:59 +0000 http://floatingsun.net/?p=1160#comment-189730 i am sure writing emacs kernel modules & improving its boot time will be fun ;-) i am sure writing emacs kernel modules & improving its boot time will be fun ;-)

]]> By: Mike http://floatingsun.net/2009/11/08/reconsidering-vim/#comment-189568 Mike Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:16:11 +0000 http://floatingsun.net/?p=1160#comment-189568 A few comments about your post. I like EMACS and what it does, that I can easily add to it, I like LISP, and it works very well. What I don't like is all the multi-finger chording. In VI(M)s favor is that VI exists on every unix system, is small, fast, light, and works over buggy connections. I have used VI for 20 years and take it to any system I work on if it's not already there. Emacs is great for integration to the OS and the world. VI is great for editing. A few comments about your post. I like EMACS and what it does, that I can easily add to it, I like LISP, and it works very well. What I don’t like is all the multi-finger chording. In VI(M)s favor is that VI exists on every unix system, is small, fast, light, and works over buggy connections. I have used VI for 20 years and take it to any system I work on if it’s not already there. Emacs is great for integration to the OS and the world. VI is great for editing.

]]> By: Nikhil http://floatingsun.net/2009/11/08/reconsidering-vim/#comment-189094 Nikhil Mon, 09 Nov 2009 08:24:46 +0000 http://floatingsun.net/?p=1160#comment-189094 Will be waiting for your analysis... Will be waiting for your analysis…

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