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Vi vs Emacs - What's the difference?

vi | emacs |

As an adjective vi

is old.

As a noun emacs is

.

vi

Translingual

Alternative forms

* VI

Number

(head)
  • Roman numeral for six.
  • ----

    emacs

    English

    Proper noun

    (en proper noun)
  • (computing) A particular visual or WYSIWYG text editor (first written by Richard Stallman in 1975 but since reimplemented by others in several distinct versions), distinguished by its use of control characters as editing commands, by its lack of distinct "insert" and "edit" modes, and by its featurefulness and extensibility.
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