<s>
The	O
editor	B-Language
war	I-Language
is	O
the	O
rivalry	O
between	O
users	O
of	O
the	O
Emacs	B-Application
and	O
vi	B-Application
(	O
now	O
usually	O
Vim	B-Application
,	O
or	O
more	O
recently	O
Neovim	O
)	O
text	B-Application
editors	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
rivalry	O
has	O
become	O
an	O
enduring	O
part	O
of	O
hacker	O
culture	O
and	O
the	O
free	B-Application
software	I-Application
community	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Emacs	B-Application
versus	O
vi	B-Application
debate	O
was	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
"	O
holy	O
wars	O
"	O
conducted	O
on	O
Usenet	B-Application
groups	I-Application
,	O
with	O
many	O
flame	O
wars	O
fought	O
between	O
those	O
insisting	O
that	O
their	O
editor	O
of	O
choice	O
is	O
the	O
paragon	O
of	O
editing	O
perfection	O
,	O
and	O
insulting	O
the	O
other	O
,	O
since	O
at	O
least	O
1985	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Related	O
battles	O
have	O
been	O
fought	O
over	O
operating	B-General_Concept
systems	I-General_Concept
,	O
programming	O
languages	O
,	O
version	B-Architecture
control	I-Architecture
systems	I-Architecture
,	O
and	O
even	O
source	O
code	O
indent	O
style	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
most	O
important	O
historical	O
differences	O
between	O
vi	B-Application
and	O
Emacs	B-Application
are	O
presented	O
in	O
the	O
following	O
table	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
+Features	O
of	O
Emacs	B-Application
and	O
viFeatureEmacs	O
vi	B-Application
Keystroke	O
execution	O
Traditionally	O
,	O
Emacs	B-Application
commands	O
are	O
key	O
combinations	O
for	O
which	O
modifier	B-Device
keys	I-Device
are	O
held	O
down	O
while	O
other	O
keys	O
are	O
pressed	O
;	O
a	O
command	O
gets	O
executed	O
once	O
completely	O
typed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
still	O
forms	O
a	O
decision	B-Algorithm
tree	I-Algorithm
of	O
commands	O
,	O
but	O
not	O
one	O
of	O
individual	O
keystrokes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
vi	B-Application
retains	O
each	O
permutation	B-Algorithm
of	O
typed	O
keys	O
(	O
e.g.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
creates	O
a	O
path	O
in	O
the	O
decision	B-Algorithm
tree	I-Algorithm
which	O
unambiguously	O
identifies	O
any	O
command	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Memory	B-Architecture
usage	O
and	O
customizability	O
Emacs	B-Application
executes	O
many	O
actions	O
on	O
startup	O
,	O
many	O
of	O
which	O
may	O
execute	O
arbitrary	O
user	O
code	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
makes	O
Emacs	B-Application
take	O
longer	O
to	O
start	O
up	O
(	O
even	O
compared	O
to	O
vim	B-Application
)	O
and	O
require	O
more	O
memory	B-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
it	O
is	O
highly	O
customizable	O
and	O
includes	O
a	O
large	O
number	O
of	O
features	O
,	O
as	O
it	O
is	O
essentially	O
an	O
execution	O
environment	O
for	O
a	O
Lisp	B-Language
program	O
designed	O
for	O
text-editing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Emacs	B-Application
18	O
(	O
released	O
in	O
1987	O
)	O
introduced	O
a	O
server	O
mode	B-General_Concept
designed	O
to	O
run	O
continuously	O
in	O
the	O
background	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Various	O
instances	O
of	O
Emacs	B-Application
can	O
then	O
be	O
started	O
in	O
client	O
mode	B-General_Concept
,	O
attaching	O
to	O
this	O
server	O
and	O
sharing	O
state	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Emacs	B-Application
client	O
startup	O
time	O
is	O
practically	O
instantaneous	O
as	O
all	O
it	O
does	O
is	O
invoke	O
the	O
existing	O
Emacs	B-Application
process	O
to	O
redraw	O
the	O
display	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
vi	B-Application
is	O
a	O
smaller	O
and	O
faster	O
program	O
,	O
but	O
with	O
less	O
capacity	O
for	O
customization	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
vim	B-Application
has	O
evolved	O
from	O
vi	B-Application
to	O
provide	O
significantly	O
more	O
functionality	O
and	O
customization	O
than	O
vi	B-Application
,	O
making	O
it	O
comparable	O
to	O
Emacs	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
vi	B-Application
start-up	O
time	O
is	O
near	O
instantaneous	O
for	O
small	O
text	O
files	O
,	O
while	O
vim	B-Application
is	O
almost	O
as	O
fast	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
User	O
environment	O
Emacs	B-Application
,	O
while	O
also	O
initially	O
designed	O
for	O
use	O
on	O
a	O
console	O
,	O
had	O
X11	B-Operating_System
GUI	B-Application
support	O
added	O
in	O
Emacs	B-Application
18	O
,	O
and	O
made	O
the	O
default	O
in	O
version	O
19	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Current	O
Emacs	B-Application
GUIs	B-Application
include	O
full	O
support	O
for	O
proportionate	O
spacing	O
and	O
font-size	O
variation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Emacs	B-Application
also	O
supports	O
embedded	O
images	O
and	O
hypertext	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
vi	B-Application
,	O
like	O
emacs	B-Application
,	O
was	O
originally	O
exclusively	O
used	O
inside	O
of	O
a	O
text-mode	B-Application
console	O
,	O
offering	O
no	O
graphical	B-Application
user	I-Application
interface	I-Application
(	O
GUI	B-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Many	O
modern	O
vi	B-Application
derivatives	O
,	O
e.g.	O
</s>
<s>
MacVim	B-Application
and	O
gVim	O
,	O
include	O
GUIs	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Function/navigation	O
interface	O
Emacs	B-Application
uses	O
metakey	B-Device
chords	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Keys	O
or	O
key	O
chords	O
can	O
be	O
defined	O
as	O
prefix	O
keys	O
,	O
which	O
put	O
Emacs	B-Application
into	O
a	O
mode	B-General_Concept
where	O
it	O
waits	O
for	O
additional	O
key	O
presses	O
that	O
constitute	O
a	O
key	O
binding	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Key	O
bindings	O
can	O
be	O
mode-specific	O
,	O
further	O
customizing	O
the	O
interaction	O
style	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Emacs	B-Application
provides	O
a	O
command	B-Application
line	I-Application
accessed	O
by	O
M-x	O
that	O
can	O
be	O
configured	O
to	O
autocomplete	O
in	O
various	O
ways	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Emacs	B-Application
also	O
provides	O
a	O
macro	O
,	O
allowing	O
alternate	O
names	O
for	O
commands	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
vi	B-Application
uses	O
distinct	O
editing	O
modes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Under	O
"	O
insert	O
mode	B-General_Concept
"	O
,	O
keys	O
insert	O
characters	O
into	O
the	O
document	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Under	O
"	O
normal	O
mode	B-General_Concept
"	O
(	O
also	O
known	O
as	O
"	O
command	O
mode	B-General_Concept
"	O
,	O
not	O
to	O
be	O
confused	O
with	O
"	O
command-line	B-Application
mode	B-General_Concept
"	O
,	O
which	O
allows	O
the	O
user	O
to	O
enter	O
commands	O
)	O
,	O
bare	O
keypresses	O
execute	O
vi	B-Application
commands	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
KeyboardThe	O
expansion	O
of	O
one	O
of	O
Emacs	B-Application
 '	O
backronyms	O
is	O
Escape	B-Device
,	O
Meta	O
,	O
Alt	B-Device
,	O
Control	O
,	O
Shift	O
,	O
which	O
neatly	O
summarizes	O
most	O
of	O
the	O
modifier	B-Device
keys	I-Device
it	O
uses	O
,	O
only	O
leaving	O
out	O
Super	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Emacs	B-Application
was	O
developed	O
on	O
Space-cadet	B-Device
keyboards	I-Device
that	O
had	O
more	O
key	O
modifiers	O
than	O
modern	O
layouts	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
multiple	O
emacs	B-Application
packages	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
spacemacs	O
or	O
ergoemacs	O
that	O
replace	O
these	O
key	O
combinations	O
with	O
ones	O
easier	O
to	O
type	O
,	O
or	O
customization	O
can	O
be	O
done	O
ad	O
hoc	O
by	O
the	O
user.vi	O
does	O
not	O
use	O
the	O
key	O
and	O
seldom	O
uses	O
the	O
key	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
vi	B-Application
's	O
keyset	O
is	O
mainly	O
restricted	O
to	O
the	O
alphanumeric	O
keys	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
escape	B-Device
key	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
is	O
an	O
enduring	O
relic	O
of	O
its	O
teletype	O
heritage	O
,	O
but	O
has	O
the	O
effect	O
of	O
making	O
most	O
of	O
vi	B-Application
's	O
functionality	O
accessible	O
without	O
frequent	O
awkward	O
finger	O
reaches	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Language	O
and	O
script	O
supportEmacs	O
has	O
full	O
support	O
for	O
all	O
Unicode-compatible	O
writing	O
systems	O
and	O
allows	O
multiple	O
scripts	O
to	O
be	O
freely	O
intermixed.vi	O
has	O
rudimentary	O
support	O
for	O
languages	O
other	O
than	O
English	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Modern	O
Vim	B-Application
supports	O
Unicode	O
if	O
used	O
with	O
a	O
terminal	O
that	O
supports	O
Unicode	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Non-modal	O
nature	O
of	O
Emacs	B-Application
keybindings	O
makes	O
it	O
practical	O
to	O
be	O
supported	O
as	O
OS-wide	O
keybindings	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
runs	O
in	O
text	B-Application
mode	I-Application
and	O
under	O
graphical	B-Application
user	I-Application
interfaces	I-Application
on	O
a	O
wide	O
variety	O
of	O
operating	B-General_Concept
systems	I-General_Concept
,	O
including	O
most	O
Unix-like	B-Operating_System
systems	I-Operating_System
(	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
the	O
various	O
BSDs	B-Operating_System
,	O
Solaris	B-Application
,	O
AIX	B-Application
,	O
IRIX	B-Operating_System
,	O
macOS	B-Application
etc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
)	O
,	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
,	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
,	O
AmigaOS	B-Application
,	O
and	O
OpenVMS	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unix	B-Application
systems	I-Application
,	O
both	O
free	B-Application
and	O
proprietary	B-Application
,	O
frequently	O
provide	O
Emacs	B-Application
bundled	O
with	O
the	O
operating	B-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
Emacs	B-Application
server	O
architecture	O
allows	O
multiple	O
clients	O
to	O
attach	O
to	O
the	O
same	O
Emacs	B-Application
instance	O
and	O
share	O
the	O
buffer	O
list	O
,	O
kill	O
ring	O
,	O
undo	B-Application
history	O
and	O
other	O
state	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pervasive	O
online	B-Protocol
help	I-Protocol
system	O
with	O
keybindings	O
,	O
functions	O
and	O
commands	O
documented	O
on	O
the	O
fly	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Extensible	O
and	O
customizable	O
Lisp	B-Language
programming	I-Language
language	I-Language
variant	O
(	O
Emacs	B-Operating_System
Lisp	I-Operating_System
)	O
,	O
with	O
features	O
that	O
include	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Ability	O
to	O
emulate	B-Application
vi	B-Application
and	O
vim	B-Application
(	O
using	O
Evil	O
,	O
Viper	O
or	O
Vimpulse	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
powerful	O
and	O
extensible	O
file	O
manager	O
(	O
dired	B-Operating_System
)	O
,	O
integrated	O
debugger	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
large	O
set	O
of	O
development	O
and	O
other	O
tools	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Having	O
every	O
command	O
be	O
an	O
Emacs	B-Operating_System
Lisp	I-Operating_System
function	O
enables	O
commands	O
to	O
DWIM	O
(	O
Do	O
What	O
I	O
Mean	O
)	O
by	O
programmatically	O
responding	O
to	O
past	O
actions	O
and	O
document	O
state	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Emacs	B-Operating_System
Lisp	I-Operating_System
enables	O
Emacs	B-Application
to	O
be	O
programmed	O
far	O
beyond	O
editing	O
features	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Even	O
a	O
base	O
install	O
contains	O
several	O
dozen	O
applications	O
,	O
including	O
two	O
web	B-Application
browsers	I-Application
,	O
news	O
readers	O
,	O
several	O
mail	O
agents	O
,	O
four	O
IRC	B-Protocol
clients	O
,	O
a	O
version	O
of	O
ELIZA	B-Application
,	O
and	O
a	O
variety	O
of	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
All	O
of	O
these	O
applications	O
are	O
available	O
anywhere	O
Emacs	B-Application
runs	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
same	O
user	O
interface	O
and	O
functionality	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Starting	O
with	O
version	O
24	O
,	O
Emacs	B-Application
includes	O
a	O
package	B-Application
manager	I-Application
,	O
making	O
it	O
easy	O
to	O
install	O
additional	O
applications	O
including	O
alternate	O
web	B-Application
browsers	I-Application
,	O
EMMS	B-Operating_System
(	O
Emacs	B-Operating_System
Multimedia	I-Operating_System
System	I-Operating_System
)	O
,	O
and	O
more	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Vi	B-Application
loads	O
faster	O
than	O
Emacs	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Being	O
deeply	O
associated	O
with	O
UNIX	B-Application
tradition	O
,	O
it	O
runs	O
on	O
all	O
systems	O
that	O
can	O
implement	O
the	O
standard	O
C	B-Language
library	O
,	O
including	O
UNIX	B-Application
,	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
AmigaOS	B-Application
,	O
DOS	B-Device
,	O
Windows	O
,	O
Mac	B-Device
,	O
BeOS	B-Application
,	O
OpenVMS	B-Operating_System
,	O
IRIX	B-Operating_System
,	O
AIX	B-Application
,	O
HP-UX	B-Application
,	O
BSD	B-Operating_System
and	O
POSIX-compliant	O
systems	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Vim	B-Application
and	O
neovim	O
are	O
extensible	O
and	O
customizable	O
through	O
Vim	B-Application
script	I-Application
or	O
APIs	O
for	O
interpreted	O
languages	O
such	O
as	O
Python	O
,	O
Ruby	O
,	O
Perl	O
,	O
and	O
Lua	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Essentially	O
all	O
Unix	B-Application
and	O
Unix-like	B-Operating_System
systems	I-Operating_System
come	O
with	O
vi	B-Application
(	O
or	O
a	O
variant	O
)	O
built-in	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Vi	B-Application
(	O
and	O
ex	O
,	O
but	O
not	O
vim	B-Application
)	O
is	O
specified	O
in	O
the	O
POSIX	O
standard	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
System	O
rescue	O
environments	O
,	O
embedded	O
systems	O
(	O
notably	O
those	O
with	O
BusyBox	B-Application
)	O
and	O
other	O
constrained	O
environments	O
often	O
include	O
vi	B-Application
,	O
but	O
not	O
emacs	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Many	O
small	O
editors	O
that	O
were	O
based	O
on	O
or	O
derived	O
from	O
vi	B-Application
in	O
the	O
past	O
were	O
successful	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
was	O
because	O
it	O
was	O
crucial	O
to	O
preserve	O
the	O
memory	B-Architecture
that	O
was	O
,	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
,	O
relatively	O
sparsely	O
available	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
computers	O
have	O
become	O
more	O
powerful	O
,	O
many	O
vi	B-Application
clones	O
,	O
Vim	B-Application
in	O
particular	O
,	O
have	O
grown	O
in	O
size	O
and	O
code	O
complexity	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
vi	B-Application
variants	O
of	O
today	O
,	O
as	O
with	O
the	O
old	O
lightweight	O
Emacs	B-Application
variants	O
,	O
tend	O
to	O
have	O
many	O
of	O
the	O
perceived	O
benefits	O
and	O
drawbacks	O
of	O
the	O
opposing	O
side	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
example	O
,	O
Vim	B-Application
without	O
any	O
extensions	O
requires	O
about	O
ten	O
times	O
the	O
disk	O
space	O
required	O
by	O
vi	B-Application
,	O
and	O
recent	O
versions	O
of	O
Vim	B-Application
can	O
have	O
more	O
extensions	O
and	O
run	O
slower	O
than	O
Emacs	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
The	O
Art	O
of	O
Unix	B-Application
Programming	O
,	O
Eric	O
S	O
.	O
Raymond	O
called	O
Vim	B-Application
's	O
supposed	O
light	O
weight	O
when	O
compared	O
with	O
Emacs	B-Application
"	O
a	O
shared	O
myth	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Moreover	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
large	O
amounts	O
of	O
RAM	B-Architecture
in	O
modern	O
computers	O
,	O
both	O
Emacs	B-Application
and	O
vi	B-Application
are	O
lightweight	O
compared	O
to	O
large	O
integrated	B-Application
development	I-Application
environments	I-Application
such	O
as	O
Eclipse	B-Application
,	O
which	O
tend	O
to	O
draw	O
derision	O
from	O
Emacs	B-Application
and	O
vi	B-Application
users	O
alike	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tim	O
O'Reilly	O
said	O
,	O
in	O
1999	O
,	O
that	O
O'Reilly	O
Media	O
's	O
tutorial	O
on	O
vi	B-Application
sells	O
twice	O
as	O
many	O
copies	O
as	O
that	O
on	O
Emacs	B-Application
(	O
but	O
noted	O
that	O
Emacs	B-Application
came	O
with	O
a	O
free	B-Application
manual	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Many	O
programmers	O
use	O
either	O
Emacs	B-Application
and	O
vi	B-Application
or	O
their	O
various	O
offshoots	O
,	O
including	O
Linus	O
Torvalds	O
who	O
uses	O
MicroEMACS	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Also	O
in	O
1999	O
,	O
vi	B-Application
creator	O
Bill	O
Joy	O
said	O
that	O
vi	B-Application
was	O
"	O
written	O
for	O
a	O
world	O
that	O
does	O
n't	O
exist	O
anymore	O
"	O
and	O
stated	O
that	O
Emacs	B-Application
was	O
written	O
on	O
much	O
more	O
capable	O
machines	O
with	O
faster	O
displays	O
so	O
they	O
could	O
have	O
"	O
funny	O
commands	O
with	O
the	O
screen	O
shimmering	O
and	O
all	O
that	O
,	O
and	O
meanwhile	O
,	O
I	O
'm	O
sitting	O
at	O
home	O
in	O
sort	O
of	O
World	O
War	O
II	O
surplus	O
housing	O
at	O
Berkeley	O
with	O
a	O
modem	O
and	O
a	O
terminal	O
that	O
can	O
just	O
barely	O
get	O
the	O
cursor	O
off	O
the	O
bottom	O
line	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
to	O
Emacs	B-Application
and	O
vi	B-Application
workalikes	O
,	O
pico	B-Operating_System
and	O
its	O
free	B-License
and	I-License
open-source	I-License
clone	O
nano	B-Application
and	O
other	O
text	B-Application
editors	I-Application
such	O
as	O
ne	B-Language
often	O
have	O
their	O
own	O
third-party	O
advocates	O
in	O
the	O
editor	B-Language
wars	I-Language
,	O
though	O
not	O
to	O
the	O
extent	O
of	O
Emacs	B-Application
and	O
vi	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
,	O
both	O
Emacs	B-Application
and	O
vi	B-Application
can	O
lay	O
claim	O
to	O
being	O
among	O
the	O
longest-lived	O
application	O
programs	O
of	O
all	O
time	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
being	O
the	O
two	O
most	O
commonly	O
used	O
text	B-Application
editors	I-Application
on	O
Linux	B-Application
and	O
Unix	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Many	O
operating	B-General_Concept
systems	I-General_Concept
,	O
especially	O
Linux	B-Application
and	O
BSD	B-Operating_System
derivatives	O
,	O
bundle	O
multiple	O
text	B-Application
editors	I-Application
with	O
the	O
operating	B-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
to	O
cater	O
to	O
user	O
demand	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
example	O
,	O
a	O
default	O
installation	O
of	O
macOS	B-Application
contains	O
ed	B-Application
,	O
nano	B-Application
,	O
TextEdit	B-Application
,	O
and	O
Vim	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Frequently	O
,	O
at	O
some	O
point	O
in	O
the	O
discussion	O
,	O
someone	O
will	O
point	O
out	O
that	O
ed	B-Application
is	I-Application
the	I-Application
standard	I-Application
text	I-Application
editor	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	B-Language
Church	I-Language
of	I-Language
Emacs	I-Language
,	O
formed	O
by	O
Emacs	B-Application
and	O
the	B-Application
GNU	I-Application
Project	I-Application
's	O
creator	O
Richard	O
Stallman	O
,	O
is	O
a	O
parody	O
religion	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
it	O
refers	O
to	O
vi	B-Application
as	O
the	O
"	O
editor	O
of	O
the	O
beast	O
"	O
(	O
vi-vi-vi	O
being	O
6-6-6	O
in	O
Roman	O
numerals	O
)	O
,	O
it	O
does	O
not	O
oppose	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
vi	B-Application
;	O
rather	O
,	O
it	O
calls	O
proprietary	B-Application
software	I-Application
anathema	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	B-Language
Church	I-Language
of	I-Language
Emacs	I-Language
has	O
its	O
own	O
newsgroup	B-Application
,	O
alt.religion.emacs	O
,	O
that	O
has	O
posts	O
purporting	O
to	O
support	O
this	O
belief	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Stallman	O
has	O
referred	O
to	O
himself	O
as	O
St	O
IGNU−cius	O
,	O
a	O
saint	O
in	O
the	B-Language
Church	I-Language
of	I-Language
Emacs	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Supporters	O
of	O
vi	B-Application
have	O
created	O
an	O
opposing	O
Cult	B-Language
of	I-Language
vi	I-Language
,	O
argued	O
by	O
the	O
more	O
hard-line	O
Emacs	B-Application
users	O
to	O
be	O
an	O
attempt	O
to	O
"	O
ape	O
their	O
betters	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Regarding	O
vi	B-Application
's	O
modal	B-General_Concept
nature	O
(	O
a	O
common	O
point	O
of	O
frustration	O
for	O
new	O
users	O
)	O
some	O
Emacs	B-Application
users	O
joke	O
that	O
vi	B-Application
has	O
two	O
modes	O
–	O
"	O
beep	O
repeatedly	O
"	O
and	O
"	O
break	O
everything	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
vi	B-Application
users	O
enjoy	O
joking	O
that	O
Emacs	B-Application
's	O
key-sequences	O
induce	O
carpal	O
tunnel	O
syndrome	O
,	O
or	O
mentioning	O
one	O
of	O
many	O
satirical	O
expansions	O
of	O
the	O
acronym	O
EMACS	B-Application
,	O
such	O
as	O
"	O
Escape	B-Application
Meta	I-Application
Alt	I-Application
Control	I-Application
Shift	I-Application
"	O
(	O
a	O
jab	O
at	O
Emacs	B-Application
's	O
reliance	O
on	O
modifier	B-Device
keys	I-Device
)	O
or	O
"	O
Eight	O
Megabytes	O
And	O
Constantly	B-General_Concept
Swapping	I-General_Concept
"	O
(	O
in	O
a	O
time	O
when	O
that	O
was	O
a	O
great	O
amount	O
of	O
memory	B-Architecture
)	O
or	O
"	O
EMACS	B-Application
Makes	O
Any	O
Computer	O
Slow	O
"	O
(	O
a	O
recursive	O
acronym	O
like	O
those	O
Stallman	O
uses	O
)	O
or	O
"	O
Eventually	O
Munches	O
All	O
Computer	O
Storage	O
"	O
,	O
in	O
reference	O
to	O
Emacs	B-Application
's	O
high	O
system	O
resource	O
requirements	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GNU	B-Operating_System
EMACS	B-Application
has	O
been	O
expanded	O
to	O
"	O
Generally	O
Not	O
Used	O
,	O
Except	O
by	O
Middle-Aged	O
Computer	O
Scientists	O
"	O
referencing	O
its	O
most	O
ardent	O
fans	O
,	O
and	O
its	O
declining	O
usage	O
among	O
younger	O
programmers	O
compared	O
to	O
more	O
graphically	O
oriented	O
editors	O
such	O
as	O
Atom	B-Application
,	O
BBEdit	B-Operating_System
,	O
Sublime	B-Language
Text	I-Language
,	O
TextMate	B-Application
,	O
and	O
Visual	B-Language
Studio	I-Language
Code	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
a	O
poke	O
at	O
Emacs	B-Application
 '	O
creeping	O
featurism	O
,	O
vi	B-Application
advocates	O
have	O
been	O
known	O
to	O
describe	O
Emacs	B-Application
as	O
"	O
a	O
great	O
operating	B-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
,	O
lacking	O
only	O
a	O
decent	O
editor	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Emacs	B-Application
advocates	O
have	O
been	O
known	O
to	O
respond	O
that	O
the	O
editor	O
is	O
actually	O
very	O
good	O
,	O
but	O
the	O
operating	B-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
could	O
use	O
improvement	O
(	O
referring	O
to	O
Emacs	B-Application
 '	O
famous	O
lack	O
of	O
concurrency	B-Operating_System
,	O
which	O
has	O
now	O
been	O
added	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
game	O
among	O
UNIX	B-Application
users	O
,	O
either	O
to	O
test	O
the	O
depth	O
of	O
an	O
Emacs	B-Application
user	O
's	O
understanding	O
of	O
the	O
editor	O
or	O
to	O
poke	O
fun	O
at	O
the	O
complexity	O
of	O
Emacs	B-Application
,	O
involved	O
predicting	O
what	O
would	O
happen	O
if	O
a	O
user	O
held	O
down	O
a	O
modifier	B-Device
key	I-Device
(	O
such	O
as	O
or	O
)	O
and	O
typed	O
their	O
own	O
name	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
game	O
humor	O
originated	O
with	O
users	O
of	O
the	O
older	O
TECO	B-Application
editor	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
the	O
implementation	O
basis	O
,	O
via	O
macros	O
,	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
Emacs	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Due	O
to	O
how	O
one	O
exits	O
vi	B-Application
(	O
 "	O
:	O
q	O
"	O
,	O
among	O
others	O
)	O
,	O
hackers	O
joke	O
about	O
a	O
proposed	O
method	O
of	O
creating	O
a	O
pseudorandom	O
character	O
sequence	O
by	O
having	O
a	O
user	O
unfamiliar	O
with	O
vi	B-Application
seated	O
in	O
front	O
of	O
an	O
open	O
editor	O
and	O
asking	O
them	O
to	O
exit	O
the	O
program	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Google	B-Application
search	I-Application
engine	I-Application
also	O
joined	O
in	O
on	O
the	O
joke	O
by	O
having	O
searches	O
for	O
vi	B-Application
resulting	O
in	O
the	O
question	O
"	O
Did	O
you	O
mean	O
:	O
emacs	B-Application
"	O
prompted	O
at	O
the	O
top	O
of	O
the	O
page	O
,	O
and	O
searches	O
for	O
emacs	B-Application
resulting	O
in	O
"	O
Did	O
you	O
mean	O
:	O
vi	B-Application
"	O
.	O
</s>
