Editor war

The Emacs versus vi debate was one of the original "holy wars" conducted on Usenet groups.

[1] Since at least 1985, many flame wars have occurred between those insisting that their editor of choice is the paragon of editing perfection, and insulting the opposing group accordingly.

[3][4] As of 2020[update], both Emacs and vi can lay claim to being among the longest-lived application programs of all time,[5] as well as being the two most commonly used text editors on Linux and Unix.

GNU EMACS has been expanded to "Generally Not Used, Except by Middle-Aged Computer Scientists" referencing its most ardent fans and its declining usage among younger programmers in comparison to more graphically oriented editors such as Atom, BBEdit, Sublime Text, TextMate, Notepad++, and Visual Studio Code.

[16] In the web series A Murder at the End of the World, there is a scene referencing the editor wars where a character asks a woman if she uses Vi or Emacs.

Editor choice being brought up during a presentation at a technology convention
Richard Stallman appearing as St I GNU −cius, a saint in the Church of Emacs