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[Loz wrote (fbsd-q@bosh.org) on 8/1/03 1:27 PM]

>> i guess i'm looking for something with decent features but that will not use
>> up a lot of RAM or processor.
> 
> not wishing to start an 'editor war' but this sounds like an ideal
> opportunity to learn vi, or better - vim, and take the time to make a
> really nice .vimrc - google for some good examples. :)

I already use and like vi a lot (I use it for everything), but for reasons
which i will not go into, i need to implement/learn/use one of the emacs
family.

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