From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Jan 26 17:32: 3 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from monsoon.mail.pipex.net (monsoon.mail.pipex.net [158.43.128.69]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id B44CA154B4 for ; Wed, 26 Jan 2000 17:31:22 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mark@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org) Received: (qmail 15349 invoked from network); 27 Jan 2000 01:31:20 -0000 Received: from userah22.uk.uudial.com (HELO marder-1.) (62.188.132.207) by smtp.dial.pipex.com with SMTP; 27 Jan 2000 01:31:20 -0000 Received: (from mark@localhost) by marder-1. (8.9.3/8.9.3) id BAA04072; Thu, 27 Jan 2000 01:31:25 GMT (envelope-from mark) Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2000 01:31:24 +0000 From: Mark Ovens To: keramida@ceid.upatras.gr Cc: Jonathon McKitrick , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: editors question #2 Message-ID: <20000127013124.B2615@marder-1> References: <20000126154230.D883@hades.hell.gr> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0pre2i In-Reply-To: <20000126154230.D883@hades.hell.gr> Organization: Total lack of Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed, Jan 26, 2000 at 03:42:30PM +0200, Giorgos Keramidas wrote: > On Tue, Jan 25, 2000 at 03:43:17PM +0000, Jonathon McKitrick wrote: > > > > In Greg Lehey's book, he states that he feels emacs is easier to learn > > and more powerful than VI. Obviously it is more powerful, but does > > anyone think it is also easier to learn? > > Although I'm probably not helping you choose, I have to say that I'm > using both of these editors, along with a bunch of others. > > For instance, when I'm on a virtual console, I don't run Emacs, but a > lighter editor, like vi(1) or joe. However, when I'm under X11, where > I can afford that extra touch of color that Emacs provides, it's easy > to see why I choose Emacs. > > Now, if I can get Emacs to quote and wrap descently my mail messages, > I'll probably stop having editor=joe in my .muttrc and change it to > something more fancy like editor=gnuclient, which I'd frankly prefer. > Well, firstly it needs to ``emacsclient', not ``gnuclient'' ;) There is a mutt major-mode available (I'm using it now). Unfortunately, I can't remember where I d/l it from but I've put a copy at ftp://ukug.uk.freebsd.org/pub/mark/ > > Sorry to be hitting the questions list so hard, but we got hit with a > > snowstorm and i have nothing else to do today ;-) > > Ah well, it seems that snowing in your place causes a load peak in > freebsd lists. Typical chaos theory example... > > Ciao. > > -- > Giorgos Keramidas, < keramida @ ceid . upatras . gr > > "Don't let your schooling interfere with your education." [Mark Twain] > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- "there's a long-standing bug relating to the x86 architecture that allows you to install Windows too" -Matthew D. Fuller ________________________________________________________________ FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org My Webpage http://ukug.uk.freebsd.org/~mark/ mailto:mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org http://www.radan.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message