Thankfully I was an EMACS guy in school. I loved the ability to split the screen in the Non-GUI OS and type without having to ask permission first.

I don't think anyone has to do development in the shell anymore, so I think Nano is more sane for editing config files.

Still, this is a fascinating story

pikuma.com/blog/origins-of-vim

#VI #VIM #EMACS #Nano #Unix #BSD #Linux

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@beforewisdom I've been using vi and clones since the 80's. I used vile between vi and vim, but interesting that that clone wasn't even mentioned. I never used elvis and I don't remember it at all. Good article otherwise.

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