Text Editor Quotes

The fundamental problem with vi is that it doesn't have a mouse and therefore you've got all these commands.

I started to write a new editor not too long ago and had it about half done after two days.

I got tired of people complaining that it was too hard to use UNIX because the editor was too complicated.

I think one of the interesting things is that vi is really a mode-based editor.

It is formatted, and I'm tired of using vi. I get really bored.

That lack of programmability is probably what ultimately will doom vi. It can't extend its domain.

[Emacs] is written in Lisp, which is the only computer language that is beautiful.

The reason I use ed is that I don't want to lose what's on the screen.

You can use any editor you want, but remember that vi vi vi is the text editor of the beast.

If you are a professional writer - i.e., if someone else is getting paid to worry about how your words are formatted and printed - Emacs outshines all other editing software in approximately the same way that the noonday sun does the stars. It is not just bigger and brighter; it simply makes everything else vanish.

I use emacs, which might be thought of as a thermonuclear word processor.

A photo app is a utility. It's like comparing 'Twitter' to Microsoft Word. If you want to be an author, you're not always going to constrain yourself to 140 characters.

People sometimes ask me if it is a sin in the Church of Emacs to use vi. Using a free version of vi is not a sin; it is a penance. So happy hacking.

I think the wonderful thing about vi is that it has such a good market share because we gave it away.