Date: Wed, 24 Nov 1999 12:41:49 -0600 (CST) From: Jerry Dunham <jdunham@fc.net> To: damon@chiba.3jane.net (Damon M. Conway) Cc: grog@lemis.com (Greg Lehey), freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Programmers' editor? Message-ID: <199911241841.MAA30794@freeside.fc.net> In-Reply-To: <199911241641.KAA26946@chiba.3jane.net> from "Damon M. Conway" at "Nov 24, 1999 10:41:43 am"
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
Damon M. Conway babbled:
> From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Nov 24 10:45:49 1999
> Greg Lehey wrote:
> >On Tuesday, 23 November 1999 at 21:18:22 +0000, Ben Smithurst wrote:
> >> Greg Lehey wrote:
> >>
> >>> Oh yes, and you should try Emacs
> >>
> >> Indeed, if James thinks Vi is bad, he obviously hasn't even seen Emacs,
> >> let alone used it. :-)
> >
> >Have you?
>
> i have...it's big, slow, overkill, and annoying.
>
> that's just my opinion, i could be wrong. :)
You won't get anywhere with Greg with that attitude ... at least I
haven't. :-)
I found learning vi to be one of the most painful of my computer experi-
ences. I've found knowing vi to be one of the most useful of my computer
experiences.
--
Jerry Dunham FreeBSD Atarian ordinaire
jdunham@fc.net (512)335-0674 (H)
jdunham@avalanche.us.dell.com (512)728-4026 (O)
E Pluribus Unix
To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org
with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?199911241841.MAA30794>