Date: Mon, 30 Mar 1998 10:02:41 +0100 (BST) From: ruth moulton <ruth@muswell.demon.co.uk> To: Joey Garcia <bear@pacificnet.net> Cc: ruth@muswell.demon.co.uk Subject: Re: John's Progress Report - The Saga Continues Message-ID: <199803300902.KAA00379@muswell.demon.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.96.980327112929.191B-100000@pm3h-20.pacificnet.net> References: <3.0.32.19980328011806.00938950@pop.mpc.com.br> <Pine.LNX.3.96.980327112929.191B-100000@pm3h-20.pacificnet.net>
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Joey Garcia writes:
> Heheheh, wanna start a religious war? How about Emacs vs Vi. Now that
> would be a hella war. :) Although, I'm not an expert at either one of
> them, but I like xemacs cause I can point and click. :)
>
I started using emacs before there was xwindows, so it gave me
multiple windows on a dumb terminal screen
I still use it (x and non-x versions) for
my e-mail reader/composer (user agent)
my development environment (integilgent make/correct source and
debug)
I can point,click,cut and paste
my shell (within emacs, and from kshell)
my source code editor (it understand C synctax enough to
help with missing brackets etc, does indentation etc - and
other languages )
I don't read news much, but if I did...
it has it's faults, but it has so much going for it
nowdays my fingers know the commands without my having to tell
them, so I'm not about to change to anything else.
I know vi and ed enough to work when I visit other sites, at least
they are universally available on all unix systems...
I find it's really useful to know ed, for mending very broken
systems, for speed and simplicity, across slow network links, at
other sites.
What does linux have as it's basic editors ?
ruth
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