Question of the Day: Vi or Emacs? Why?

[redrose]

I need to learn a stronger editor than pico, and I don't know which of these to choose.

I expect to be working in a unix/linux system for much of my career.

Vi allows regular expressions, which could be very useful.

Emacs is extensible, which could be very useful.

Any thoughts?

Comments

[marydell.livejournal.com]

:) vi is definitely the best editor for me, since I do troubleshooting and sysadmin stuff on a 30-system farm. But if I was, frex, writing programs, I would want something a little more helpful (vim, at least).

[redrose3125.livejournal.com]

I settled on vi, because of ubiquity, and the fact that emacs has an emulate attachment that makes it act like vi.

Your and crwilley's comments have been helpful! Thank you!