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vi does [one thing and does it well](unix_philosophy.md); edit text. But Emacs does everything, in the worst possible way.
## How Emacs keys became so RSI inducing
Turns out in the beginning it wasn't that bad. Originally, Emacs was developed on the so called "Space Cadet"
keyboard where the Control key was now where the Alt key is on a IBM PC keyboard. Similar to how vi was developed
in a different keyboard (where the Escape key was on a more convenient position).
## What does Emacs stand for
- *Escape Meta Alt Control Shift*
- *Eight Megabytes And Constantly Swapping*