what do you guys prefer?

i have read some bad things about vi mode for bash, that it over complicates simple tasks etc...

i plan to get a lot more into vi and hopefully start programming in python with it as im using idle at the moment...does it make sense to start using vi mode on the command line or doesnt it really matter...just trying to be efficient...

thanks

I'm an old time UNIX guy so was always used to doing vi style commands for history in ksh. On going to Linux I originally continued using ksh until I realized I could do "set -o vi" in bash to make it use vi history.

One benefit to the vi (vim) commands in history is if you have a command line you want to use as basis for a full script hitting the "v" key will put you into a full screen edit mode.

I've hated emacs since I first used in the early 90s. Which to use is a matter of preference. The only argument I've ever really heard for use of emacs is it allows multiple windows but given you usually can create multiple windows with whatever terminal tool you're using this has never been a selling point to me. vi/vim can be as simple or as complex as you wish to make it.

If i'm not wrong vi is commonly used or already included in most popular Linux distro (I might be wrong though).

Never used emacs before but one thing good for vi is you can temporarily exit back to terminal and use shell.

duplicate of http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...5/#post5487591