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		jcranmer on Jan 9, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: What are decentralized Twitter alternative... > tweet with i "Hello World!" <ESC> t, native vim keymap support vim is not GNU, emacs is. That means it would actually be <M-t> Hello World! <C-x> <C-s>, and the documentation would have a lengthy section on what the "Meta" key is and why not just call it "Alt".

dexen on Jan 9, 2021 | [–]

Neither actually :-)

EMACS dates back to 1976 (David Moon & Guy Steele); vi also dates back to 1976 (Bill Joy).

GNU Project dates back "only" to 1983, with GNU Emacs soon after: 1984.

tarboreus on Jan 9, 2021 | | [–]

It's maintained by GNU. GNU Emacs is the modern Emacs.

neilpanchal on Jan 9, 2021 | | [–]

That's unnecessarily complicated. The vim way is better.

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