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

[al-zorra.livejournal.com]

I wish I wasn't an idiot so I knew what you are saying!

Love, C.

[redrose3125.livejournal.com]

Don't think you're an idiot! This is fairly specialized knowledge!

There's this thing called the "editor wars" in the computer geek world - whether one edits one's code and files in a program called vi or a program called emacs. I have so far in my career used an third program entirely, called pico. I need something more powerful than pico, so I was comparing vi and emacs, and asking for other computer geek opinions.

[al-zorra.livejournal.com]

Thank you! Now I know an eensie bit more than I did before.

So cool though, that you are so skilled in code and editing. I wish I was.

Love, C.