A long time vi user who switched to Emacs? Aren’t we supposed to burn you at the stake for this or something? 
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Hah! I believe that is the correct course of action, yes
I don’t know if it’s of any consolation, but I am still using evil keybindings in Emacs, so at least I’m not using vanilla Emacs.
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I used to use vi (on Solaris) years ago, but on Linux I prefered the graphical editors (gedit, kate, or whatever). I have used nano, it’s fine but now I find myself just running leafpad, mousepad, featherpad or pluma for really quick edits (depending what is installed and if I’m editing a file for which I want syntax highlighting available)
e.g.
$ leafpad .bashrc
$ pluma fibonacci.c ansi.h fib.h Makefile
Although with the last one I’d probably start up geany and use the a project file
On an unknown machine I might still try nano as it’s (almost) universally available.
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For quick changes usually nano but for larger config files or any kind of source files I use vim.
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This thread doesn’t have nearly enough death threats for a CLI text editor discussion.
I use Vim mostly. I tried a few variants. Nvim works, I realize that a lot of people love it, and I can’t put my finger on the issue, but something feels off about it. Vis is amazing, and I love it, but I always forget to type vis instead of vim… On a few systems I’ve aliased vim to vis and that works, but currently it’s all just vim in it’s default form.
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@onesubtractone how funny - I think the “family friendly” requirement has saved us from carnage and fatalities that may surround such discussion 
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Does anyone remember the fictitious holiday called “Festivus” in Sienfeld? It had a highly useful custom called “The Airing of the Grievances”.
Maybe when the Holiday Season comes around in a little under 2 months, we should have an “Airing of the Grievances” thread, so that everyone gets their chance, in a contained and safe place to do so.
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Ditto, I broke myself to using the movement keys a decade ago and can’t leave (not because I can’t quit the editor 
). I desperately want to be able to use other more maximal editors but even if they have a Vim mode, I can feel the rough edges.
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Derivatives based on Evil-mode are booming (e.g., Doom or Spacemacs).
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big fan of vim, it’s been the only editor in use on my systems for a hot minute…
came to the conclusion that I’d switch to neovim the other day, so now it’s the only editor installed on my machine(other than busybox vi)
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I like the “magnetized needle and steady hand” approach. 
That’s awesome!!!
Getting used to Nano here. I like its simplicity and easy-to-understand command list. Reminds me of a Lotus 1-2-3 approach from the DOS days. Kinda wish it had a drop-down menu structure, but honestly, it’s great just the way it is.
I have used vi since the days of HP-UX back in the '90s. The downsides: steep learning curve and sometimes my WYSIWYG docs have random "k"s and "j"s in them from tying to scroll up and down. The upside: it’s a safe bet that vi is on every system in the world – all you need to do is get to the command line and go to work – plus your hands never leave the keyboard.
If I’m asked that question in person, with a deadpan face I always say, “I use six.”
How did I miss this thread? Neovim all the way here. Also, since nobody has said it yet, ed is the standard editor!
ducks