Why are Vi and Emacs popular ?

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Published on 2008-08-30T09:17:13Z Indexed on 2010/06/07 0:12 UTC
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I've never learned to use Vi or Emacs yet people do use them still, despite there being other editors out there that are free and useful. What is it about these two and any others like them that means they hold appeal in the face of the newer editors?

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