Date: Thu, 20 Feb 1997 01:06:03 -0800 (PST) From: Snob Art Genre <ben@narcissus.ml.org> To: Robin Melville <robmel@innotts.co.uk> Cc: Stephen McKay <syssgm@devetir.qld.gov.au>, Eivind Eklund <eivind@dimaga.com>, freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: text editors Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.970220010545.4513A-100000@narcissus.ml.org> In-Reply-To: <l03010d00af31c08c8d1d@[194.176.130.81]>
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On Thu, 20 Feb 1997, Robin Melville wrote: > At 5:31 pm +1000 20/2/97, Stephen McKay wrote: > >Eivind Eklund <eivind@dimaga.com> wrote: > > > >>(Emacs does close to everything, but has a user interface with a steep > >>learning and retaining-curve. If you start using the features you'll be > >>addicted and never be able to change to anything else. You'll be > >>frustrated about the things it does badly (which exist), but won't be able > >>to change to anything else.) > > > >Wow! This is the same way I feel about vi (addicted, never switch, > >frustrated by the stupid bits). Tried emacs once, but the weight of all > >those extra bits on my hard disk made my PC lopsided and it fell of the > >desk! :-) > > > > Is it true as rumoured that emacs stands for Eight Megabytes and Continues to Swap? It's "Escape-Meta-Alt-Control-Shift". > Rob. > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Robin Melville, Addiction Information Services Nottingham Alcohol & Drug Team > Tel: +44 (0)115 952 9478 Fax: +44 (0)115 952 9421 > work: robmel@nadt.org.uk home: robmel@innotts.co.uk > Pages: http://www.innotts.co.uk/~robmel (home page) > http://www.innotts.co.uk/nadt (substance misuse pages) > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > Ben "You have your mind on computers, it seems."
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