#editorwars — Public Fediverse posts
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#Emacs vs. #vim Real World Analogy: #CargoBike Vs. #FoldingBike
https://karl-voit.at/2026/01/23/Emacs-vs-vim-Cargo-Folding-Bike/This isn't supposed to deliver fuel to the gratuitous #editorwar.
It's supposed to clear up a few things why the two tools are so fundamentally different.
HTH
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As some who uses a kinesis Dvorak keyboard this hits a little too close to home.
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@einonm vim is software that is quite complex and not written in a memory safe language, and not formally proven to be correct.
It has a history of vulnerabilities, like any similar software.
https://www.cvedetails.com/vulnerability-list/vendor_id-8218/opec-1/VIM.html
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Is there a single person that uses 'ed' in 2022 other than Ken Thompson?
#ed #vim #editor #editorwar #editorwars #WYSIWYG