Re: [chat] vim vs emacs (Re: [SLUG] Advice on coding in VI ?)

[Mark Johnathan Greenaway <mark@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, Nov 29, 2001 at 06:51:16PM +1100, Andre Pang wrote:
> This is one of the major reasons why I made Vimacs.  (Emacs key
> bindings for Vim).
...
> So why not combine the two?  Vim does have a few keys in Insert
> Mode now which duplicate Normal Mode tasks (such as <Ctrl-R>,
> which is kinda the same as 'y'ank) but bringing all the Emacs
> keys across to Vim allows you to reap many of the benefits of
> both editors.  Embrace and extend, I say ;).

You scare me.

-- 
Mark, who's used emacs for long periods of time, and vim for a bit before 
switching back to emacs, but never once considered the benefits of trying to
merge the two.