Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2000 18:16:30 -0600 (CST) From: Jerry Dunham <jdunham@fc.net> To: ejs@bfd.com (Eric J. Schwertfeger) Cc: jdunham@fc.net (Jerry Dunham), grog@lemis.com (Greg Lehey), jcm@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org (Jonathon McKitrick), freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: programmer's editor choice Message-ID: <200001270016.SAA32973@freeside.fc.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.10.10001261515030.72009-100000@harlie.bfd.com> from "Eric J. Schwertfeger" at "Jan 26, 2000 03:21:27 pm"
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
Eric J. Schwertfeger babbled:
> From ejs@bfd.com Wed Jan 26 17:21:32 2000
> On Wed, 26 Jan 2000, Jerry Dunham wrote:
>
> > Or just as slowly. The learning curve for vi is very painful, and I
> > understand the curve for Emacs is no better.
>
> I use both, and even though I use emacs bindings less (actually I use
> jed with emacs bindings), I still make more mistakes in vi. For some
> reason, I don't think I'll ever get used to modes, and I think that is the
> single part of vi that causes other users problems as well (the rest of
> the programming team here uses vi exclusively while under unix, and they
> still make errors too).
>
> I don't think that emacs bindings are any easier or harder to remember
> than vi bindings are, it's just the modes that I trip over.
Hmmm.... The modes gave me hell when I was learning vi a decade ago, but
I haven't experienced a problem with it since. I thought it was only a
learning curve issue. I can fatfinger the keyboard with anything, but I
seem to make no more mistakes with vi than anything else I enter text in.
--
Jerry Dunham FreeBSD Atarian ordinaire
jdunham@fc.net (512)335-0674 (H)
Gerald_Dunham@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?200001270016.SAA32973>