For simplicity, there is nothing like vi. vim does a good job highlighting stuff and is more powerful.
But I think for syntax highlighting emacs is better. But I hate to use xemacs, since I have to run into X which kills time.

Sai.

I use both vi and emacs. I use vi when I'm on a systems I don't have accounts set up on or when I need to do quick edits. Emacs has so much fuction and is so extensible that I use that for any serious development.

I like nedit alot. You can use the mouse within it and it uses commands simliar to microsoft word. I'm gonna go on the record and say vi sucks.

Which is clearly evidenced by the ~70% to ~2% preference ratio.

This was a great poll. Thanks to everyone who voted and added a comment! Thanks for the excellent moderation and poll management as well!

I was new to Unix and didn't even know other editors existed when I started to use VI. Now I'm so used to it, I don't think I have the energy to learn another one!

hi...people seem to be gung ho about vi...what is so special about it? kindly inform me about its features that make it so special.....i would love to work on vi...at present im working on crimson editor....that is quite similar to editplus