[Trisquel-users] Re : Vim vs Emacs

[lcerf]

When it comes to efficiently edit texts, both are excellent... once you know  
them.  So, I would say, it makes little sense to learn both: one is enough.   
I argue in favor of Emacs for two main reasons:

Learning Emacs is easier than learning vim.  You can actually type text after  
launching Emacs for the first time!  Vim's modes are not natural.  The "Emacs  
Tutorial", in the help menu (Emacs has menus where to find many new commands,  
not vim!), is good to get the basics...
... but Emacs is not restricted to basic text editing (contrary to vim).  You  
can almost do your whole computing inside Emacs (file management, email  
reading/writing, RSS, Web browsing, etc.) and the basic commands are always  
the same.