Warp wrote:
> 
>   Emacs supports all that and more.
> 
>   I don't know how vi editors are configured/programmed, but as Emacs is
> an elisp interpreter, you can do almost anything using elisp. This is, in
> fact, how most of emacs features have been implemented (eg. autoindentation,
> keyword coloring and so on).

There is a hot debate about wether or not to include a full-blown
scripting engine into Vim.

Right now, Vim is mostly C, though it has a minimal scripting
language which, combined with an intelligent file structure on
disk, makes such things as "plugins" available in Vim 6. A file
explorer has been done this way.

Apart from that, most customizations come through powerful
mappings, and by interfacing with the system if needed
(e.g. to edit files through FTP).

>   Some examples of things that I have done with elisp in order to make emacs
> to work more like I like it are:
> 
> [several nice customizations]

All this is can also be done in Vim. Some are already there
(scrolling), the others can be quickly done in a mapping.

I think we all have our favorite features, and could list
them day and night long. If only because I discover new
tricks every day or so.

Suffice to say that I don't think one is better than the other.
The way things are done varies greatly, but what counts is the
result.

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