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   Spiros Bousbouras to Kenny McCormack   
   Re: Editor of choice   
   31 May 24 16:59:21   
   
   XPost: comp.lang.lisp   
   From: spibou@gmail.com   
      
   On Fri, 31 May 2024 11:43:52 -0000 (UTC)   
   gazelle@shell.xmission.com (Kenny McCormack) wrote:   
   > In article , G   wrote:   
   > >In comp.editors Lawrence D'Oliveiro  wrote:   
   > >> On Thu, 30 May 2024 13:05:38 -0700, HenHanna wrote:   
   > >>   
   > >>> Vim does fine with Python and Lisp (Scheme).   
   > >>   
   > >> The thing with Vim is, there are so many Vims, and Neovims, and Vis, and   
   > >> Gvims, and what all to choose from. And they are all subtly different ...   
   > >> and incompatible.   
   > >   
   > >I use Vim and I don't have any problem with the other that I don't use, just   
   > >choose one and use it. Besides the core commands are the same, the others   
   just   
   > >add something but never change the base.   
   >   
   > Vim and GVIM are the same thing - just different looks.   
      
   [...]   
      
   > As usual, LDO's comments (quoted above) are nonsense.   
      
   I second this. There is only 1 vim , 1 neovim , 1 vi .They are all examples   
   of vi-like editors of which there are several.   
      
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