open files larger than like 3MB

>>50821884
vi/vim/vime is standard on every linux distro, is tiny, massively powerfull, and requires almost no resources to run.

Atom may be good but vim is a time-tested classic that people build their entire workflows around.

You don't need a window manager / X windows instance to run vim.

>>50821884
already be on my machine.

Different strokes and shit.
I use vim for quick and dirty shit.
If I need to edit a config, quickly make a file or ssh into a server and edit something, I can just whip open vim in under a second.

I use atom for uni projects for building things with multiple files.

Be around for more than a decade.

>>50822092
This.

>>50821932
>vi/vim/vime is standard on every linux distro
ed is the standard editor

>>50821884
>Atom and the likes
I don't know them, can they block visual? Seriously, I love block visual in vim.

>>50822441
not by default
available as a package

startup in less than 1 second

Those are good arguments and things every text editor should be able to:
>>50821904
>>50822828

Those not:
>>50822092
>>50821932

Not be an emasculated web browser.

And I'm an emacs user.

>tiny
>massively powerfull
>requires almost no resources to run.

>>50823003
>Not needed in a text editor

>>50821884
>using anything but emacs