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About the original question in the subject line:

Just saw this on the python list (a screenshot)
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1933476/screenshots/emacs.png

What it is saying is that if you google for emacs, vi puts up a sponsored ad.
At least a partial explanation about why emacs is slipping so far behind vi??