In the vast landscape of Linux, the prowess of a user is often measured by their fluency in text editing. Two titans dominate this realm: Vim and Emacs. These editors are not merely tools; they are ...

Rarely on these pages have I read such a fluff piece! Al Williams’ coverage of Emacs versus Vim was an affront to the type of in-depth coverage our Hackaday readers deserve. While attempting to be ...

I'd personally suggest just learning the vi keybindings -- I used to use emacs, but found that the vi keys are more powerful, easier, and better ergonomically (having to hit Ctrl all the time is a ...

I work on a C++ project with another person. I use vim, he uses emacs. The code sits in a common repository and whenever I get the files they look like garbage since emacs uses soft tabs. So the ...

A simple prompt sent Claude Code on a mission that uncovered major security vulnerabilities in popular text editors — and then suggested ways to exploit them. Developers can spend days using fuzzing ...

The ways in which we interact with computers has changed dramatically over the decades. From flipping switches on the control panels of room-sized computers, to punching holes into cards, to ...

Online code repository GitHub is taking on the venerable Emacs and Vim text editors by releasing a text editor of its own, called Atom, which it claims is more suited to the Web era of development.