Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2000 16:06:05 -0700 From: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> To: Lowell Gilbert <lowell@world.std.com> Cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: kern/13644 Message-ID: <388F7DDD.EFB73428@softweyr.com> References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0001261505140.31955-100000@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> <388F3254.CF5F1C41@softweyr.com> <rd64sc0v9ce.fsf@world.std.com>
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Lowell Gilbert wrote:
>
> Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> writes:
>
> > decision was made on the third day when I learned how to create a TAGS file
> > and do tags-searches within Emacs. Two days later learning about Emacs
> > built-in support for RCS and CVS really put the nail in vi's coffin.
>
> vi supports tags too. The tag-building program for vi comes in
> FreeBSD's base install.
Yes, it does. It just doesn't support multiple buffers nearly as well as
Emacs, which makes the tags search a lot less useful. It also doesn't support
flexible screen-splitting, which is how I use tags searches, and makes the vi
feature useless to me.
All of this should, of course, be directed to emacs-advocacy@emacs.org,
but chat isn't too far off. ;^)
> To me, the big advantages from emacs derive from the fact that all of
> your text handling occurs in a single environment. That's not as
> important now that cut-and-paste between X applications works well,
> but touch-typists still get a big advantage from not needing to take
> their hands off the keyboard.
Cut and paste in X still tends to mangle tabs and such. vi and xterm make
a workable environment, Emacs makes a better one. I'd love to see something
better come along, but I've been waiting for that for a number of years.
> And, of course, the fact that I can write new commands relatively
> easily. And start using them inside the editor immediately.
Yup. Plus all the various modes you can obtain to automagically do things;
its kind of the original open source system.
> Be well.
I will, thank you, and you as well.
--
"Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?"
Wes Peters Softweyr LLC
wes@softweyr.com http://softweyr.com/
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