I am looking for tips for learning Vim or Emacs the smart way

Question

I am a quite happy user of Eclipse (I mostly develop in PHP and Python), however I found the answers to \"What specific productivity gains does Vim/Emacs provide over GUI text e

Answer 1

I would go for Emacs. Explicit command name will makes your task easier. I switched to emacs after I had years of experience with vi and never looked back. Go with tutorial first. Hang out at #emacs in irc and people are happy to help you in real time, for whatever more you need.