Vote:Best Open Source Text Editor

Few programs arouse the advocacy that the simple texteditor can. Its the software that we run all the time, and it needs to fit us like a glove. Except when you take off the glove and slap the crap out of someone using an inferior text editor. This category really exists just because we like flamewars. The nominees are of course Vim, Emacs, XEmacs, Pico and Joe. Fight it out for the winner and Vote for the one the deserves it.

Oh No! You've Perot'd us!

[ink]

Rembember the 1992 US presidential election? Remember Ross Perot?

It's happening again! How can I choose between Emacs and XEmacs; now the evil vi (aka Bill Clinton) is going to win! :)

The wheel is turning but the hamster is dead.

Two things

[astyanax]

First, I much prefer elvis to vim, I think it should be there, after all there are two emacsen there.

Second, I don't think the Pico license meeets the Open Source Definition, which is why I started the nano [plattsburgh.edu] project in the first place...the category is best *open source* editor, not best *nix editor.

Re:Biased vote.

[rebrane]

You kidding? I'm a vi user, but I wouldn't touch vim. I abstained on this one.. as I abstained on most. This awards thing is actually stupider than I thought it'd be.. quite a feat.

I'll spare you all my rant on that last topic. Sheesh! --neil

Re:Biased vote.

[svoboda]

...with apologies to Emo Philips:

I asked my email-pal: "UNIX or Windoze?". He replied "UNIX". I said "Ah...me too!".

I asked my email-pal: "Linux or AIX?". He said "Linux, of course". I said "Me too".

I asked him: "Emacs or vi". He replied "Emacs". I said "Me too. Small world."

I asked him: "GNU Emacs or XEmacs?", and he said "GNU Emacs". I said "oh, me too."

I asked him "GNU Emacs 19 or GNU Emacs 20"? and he said "GNU Emacs 19". I said "oh, me too."

I asked him, "GNU Emacs 19.29 or GNU Emacs 19.34", and he replied "GNU Emacs 19.29". I said "DIE YOU OBSOLETE NOGOOD SOCIALLY MALADJUSTED CELIBATE COMMIE FASCIST DORK!", and never emailed him again.

~svoboda

Biased vote.

[Per Abrahamsen]

It is obvious that the vote is biased against emacsen, by listing both variants of the One True Editor (ahem). This will cause a split vote, thus leaving the lesser editors with a chance. Compare with the evil Roman numerical editor, of which only one variant is listed. No `nvi', `elvis', or `vile' options. Thus, the victims of vi will all vote for vim as what they think of as the lesser evil (and evil it is!).

Abstain

[PurpleBob]

It's all a matter of what you prefer, and using the right tool for the job. The only possible option is "Abstain".
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Emacs Emacs Emacs baby

[root:DavidOgg]

The Amiga port of Emacs baby yea!

we all know it.

[startled]

Somewhere, deep inside, we all know that people who use emacs are, well, wusses. It's not a real man's (or woman's) editor. So c'mon, vote for a real editor, will ya?