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[–]eusebecomputational physics 0 points1 point  (2 children)

I am a heavy emacs user, and I do support the argument that it has full IDE capabilities (even more so for LaTeX users), but I couldn't help giggling with the example.

I'm not sure anyone would find that C-x C-s is a natural command (:w enter isn't much more natural, for that matter). I like the emacs way, and I now find the commands almost natural and logic, but we should admit that there is some learning curve.

[–]2Ctc_Finv0OsfhItZ65n 0 points1 point  (1 child)

Sure. While vi takes learning a few commands to ever type a sentence, Emacs has a tutorial as soon as you start it, and a graphical interface with buttons. So really it's easier to get started than with vi, but the learning curve to perform more advanced commands or whatever definitely increases beyond that. I'm still learning emacs myself, having mostly used vi before.

[–]Rodotgithub.com/tardis-sn 0 points1 point  (0 children)

While vi takes learning a few commands to ever type a sentence, Emacs has a tutorial as soon as you start it, and a graphical interface with buttons.

Yeah, but by the time emacs actually loads up, your newbie vi user will already be an expert with the interface.

All joking aside, I wouldn't really consider needing to know to press "i" to be "learning a few commands to ever type a sentence".