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Editor war

The editor war is the rivalry between users of the Emacs and vi (now usually Vim) text editors. The rivalry has become an enduring part of hacker culture and the free software community.

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Editor war

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Editor war → rivalry between users of the Emacs and vi

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Editor waris arivalry between users of the Emacs and vi0.90text
Atominstance ofreferencing its most ardent fans and its declining usage among younger programmers in comparison to more graphically oriented editors0.80text
BBEditinstance ofreferencing its most ardent fans and its declining usage among younger programmers in comparison to more graphically oriented editors0.80text
Sublime Textinstance ofreferencing its most ardent fans and its declining usage among younger programmers in comparison to more graphically oriented editors0.80text
Kateinstance ofreferencing its most ardent fans and its declining usage among younger programmers in comparison to more graphically oriented editors0.80text
TextMateinstance ofreferencing its most ardent fans and its declining usage among younger programmers in comparison to more graphically oriented editors0.80text
Notepadinstance ofreferencing its most ardent fans and its declining usage among younger programmers in comparison to more graphically oriented editors0.80text

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