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Emacs vs. Vim

By Diwaker Gupta | Published: November 22nd, 2009
This is a follow up on my previous post. Update: Since this topic deserves a little more than a post, I have moved this post to a separate article which I shall keep expanding over time.
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Reconsidering Vim

By Diwaker Gupta | Published: November 8th, 2009
NOTE: This post is not about the editor war — so please don’t try to start one either. First, some background. Lets just say that I lost my editor virginity to Vim. It was a brief, but violent introduction — the modal editing was too unfamiliar, the learning curve too steep. After dabbling with a few [...]
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The Ancient Wars

By Diwaker Gupta | Published: June 3rd, 2005
Unarguably, the holy war of the geeks centers around the Vi vs Emacs debate—which is the editor to rule them all? No, this post is not about ending that war, or even trying to. This is just a response to my amazement at how deep rooted this war continues to be in our community. So this wednesday [...]
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