Both have poor keybindings c.f. with wordstar which is by far the most
efficient. vi is a modal editor - thus inefficient, and emacs is a
fantastic environmental system which is a lifetime's project to learn.
Both 'old fashioned' and unfit for purpose. Perhaps i'll get "hung at
dawn".

I've now got used to the 'standard' word, abiword etc, graphical word
processor keyboard shortcuts and i'm not going to start learning
anything else. Secretaries don't bother learning keybindings anymore
and they type at faster rates than any programmers.