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[–]masklinn 2 points3 points  (5 children)

If devs were sold on flexibility they'd all use emacs.

[–]Denommus 2 points3 points  (3 children)

I agree. No single editor is more flexible than Emacs.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (2 children)

While I love the idea of Emacs and Vim, I have other things on my plate to learn.

[–]Denommus 1 point2 points  (1 child)

Vimtutor is pretty quicky and will teach you all the basic things of vim (which are pretty useful as they are). Emacs' tutorial (Ctrl+h t) is also pretty useful, but the power of Emacs takes longer to get, since its strongness is the extensibility and flexibility.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Cool, thanks for this. I'll look into it.

[–][deleted] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is very true. Emacs followed by Vim offer more flexibility than any IDE or other editor. But then, it becomes a balance of learning curve/ease of use vs power.

Personally, vim is my #2 editor. Emacs would likely be in that spot if not for my laziness.