• starman@programming.devOPEnglish
      3·
      1 year ago

      In this case anon just want to search and replace text in file using various text editors, but he describes it funny way:

      • acme: very slow process because it requires using mouse and keyboard alternately
      • emacs: faster because you don’t have to use mouse but requires pressing a lot of weird and complicated key combinations and use many modifier keys like ctrl, alt and so on, in this case description is a bit exaggerated. Also see emacs pinky syndrome
      • vim: portrayed as simple and efficient, anon is probably vim user.
    • mbw@feddit.de
      1·
      1 year ago

      Although the relevant links have already been provided, the gist is

      • Acme stands for some “generic” editor here, where you have to use the mouse a lot, which is perceived as slow
      • Emacs is known to be very powerful (to the extend of being called an “OS with a bad editor”), but using unergonomic keyboard shortcuts
      • Vim is an editor that has been designed for keyboard power users in mind, but which has the reputation of being difficult to learn