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I could lower the lid on my macbook so the webcam is pointing at my fingers to show the chording. Hmm, yeah, probably not so helpful.

Emacs has also had a really strong community for over 30 years (perhaps driven somewhat by the higher education roots). As such, I think it had a more firm underpinning than vim did, so more of the tutorials and such already existed.



Older documentation might actually be a disadvantage. Older tutorials often tell you out-of-date ways to do things, and do it in a not-so-hip way.




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