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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
- Read the overview: Editor warA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: Farewell by the outgoing editor: Publishing research from the Paris attacks to the war against UkraineInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: It Can't Happen HereThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- 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
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🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
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.1
Letters to the Editor in the "War on Terror": A Cross-National Study
A Personal Editorial from the Editor-in-Chief: Food Ethics in Times of War
From the Guest Editor: The Architecture of War and Peace
From the Guest Editor: Neighbours and war: genocide in the Central Balkans
FROM THE EDITOR—OF WAR AND PEACE
Fighting the Future War: An Anthology of Science Fiction War Stories, 1914–1945. FredericKrome, Editor. New York: Routledge, 2012.
EDITORIALS-The New Editor/Our Nitrogen Demand and Supply In the Event of War
🆕 Influential since 2022
Farewell by the outgoing editor: Publishing research from the Paris attacks to the war against Ukraine
From the Editor-in-Chief: Russia's War against Ukraine
Letter to the Editor. War zone: East? South? Or whole country?
Mental Health Challenges of Iranian Nurses in War: Letter to the Editor
Letter to the Editor: Battle Won but War Lost for Barth Syndrome Patients
📚 Books worth reading
It Can't Happen HereSinclair Lewis · 1935
Half a centuryJane Grey (Cannon) Swisshelm · 1880- 📕American Editor in Early Revolutionary ChinaNeil O'Brien · 2003
- 📕In extremisLindsey Hilsum · 2018
Home fires burningInman, Robert · 1987- 📕KontraJózef Mackiewicz · 1983
Dispatches from the PacificRay E. Boomhower · 2017
BetrayedBrendan DuBois · 2003
Ranked by number of editions on Open Library, a rough measure of how lasting a book is.
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