Yeah! For typing, you could use cat and be done with it. But you think about editing, then ed(1) start to make sense. You think about it a little more and ex(1) makes sense. You want better visual feedback and vi(1) is born. And then you want more programming features and you’ll get vim.
Emacs is what you get when you sidestep the whole process with something as versatile as lisp. Instead of being economical with commands, you just create the specific actions you want
I've found that it's not any better than emacs at this and you end up spending more brainpower and time issuing commands than editing, but of course YMMV. Plus it gives you cred with people who never learned to exit vi, which I suppose counts for something.
skydhash|7 days ago
Emacs is what you get when you sidestep the whole process with something as versatile as lisp. Instead of being economical with commands, you just create the specific actions you want
throwaway27448|7 days ago