# [2018.10.18] Editor Wars

Now at work, we have two camps among Python programmers: some using
PyCharm from JetBrains and some using Vim. The difference is drastic
because PyCharm has rich GUI and Vim doesn't. So I don't really see
any war here. But when one of the Vim-guys asked me why I didn't use
Vim, I answered jokingly: 'Because Emacs is better.' I was preparing
myself for a holy war clash, but the guy just asked me: 'Em-what?'
Yes, he really never even heard about emacs before. His world was
divided into those who used GUI and those who didn't (and used Vim).
I was bitterly disappointed:( Actually, I only used XEmacs for
writing an article for Mizar Project (http://mizar.org) several years
ago. The reason for choosing XEmacs was pretty simple: it was the
only editor for which a special Mizar-mode existed at that time (
which was extremely helpful for me). Then I even received a prize for
young researchers for this article so I would like to thank Josef
Urban for Mizar-mode for Emacs (https://github.com/JUrban/mizarmode).
And that was my conversion to Emacs, yet I understand that Vim may be
even better in many circumstances.