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I'm seeing a lot of "X is best" or "y additional feature is powerful".

Neither adds much to the discussion.

Which isn't to say that posts such as this can't provide value. I've been using vim and its antecedents for over a quarter century, as well as well over another editors and authoring tools (closer to two dozen). Including a few forays into emacs-land.

I find discussions of tools useful, and have added a few to my own suite in the past year. Most recently vim-outliner, an outlining plug-in for vim, also Pandoc, and in the past two years, for the first time after considering it for a long time, LaTeX.

Describing WHY an editor or tool suits you, or SPECIFIC features it has or offers, is far more useful.

It will also make the discussion here hugely more valuable than just pointing people at vim or emacs (again). Both are pretty easy to find without that help.

Providing reasons and specific benefits -- much more valuable.



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