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Rivalry between Emacs and vi text editors

The editor war is the rivalry between users of the Emacs and vi text editors. The rivalry has become an enduring part of hacker culture and the free software community. Wikipedia →

🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path

  1. Read the overview: Editor warA 5-minute orientation
  2. Skim a recent paper: Farewell by the outgoing editor: Publishing research from the Paris attacks to the war against UkraineInfluential work since 2022
  3. Pick up a classic book: It Can't Happen HereThe most-reprinted book on the subject
  4. Read the landmark paper: A model of investor sentiment1We are grateful to the NSF for financial support, and to Oliver Blanchard, Alon Brav, John Campbell (a referee), John Cochrane, Edward Glaeser, J.B. Heaton, Danny Kahneman, David Laibson, Owen Lamont, Drazen Prelec, Jay Ritter (a referee), Ken Singleton, Dick Thaler, an anonymous referee, and the editor, Bill Schwert, for comments.1Cited 2,715 times
  5. Go sideways: List of text editorsA closely related topic
  6. Go sideways: EmacsA closely related topic

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