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From: "Jonathan M. Bresler" <jmb@hub.freebsd.org>
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> 
> Well, right now i'm trying to decide if emacs is worth the trouble.  I just
> decided to start using VIM, and i love it.  It is very efficient, and does
> what i need for now.  I realize i should probably use Emacs eventually
> but it seems too much trouble than it is worth for right now.  VIM
> seems so efficient for deletes, copying, search-and-replace, and the like.  
> And VIM has nice syntax highlighting.  Plus it loads quickly.  The thing
> that bugs me about emacs is remembering the extra keys- control, alt,
> meta, escape, etc.  It seems easy to mix up C-c and M-c and Alt-c.

	emacs is heavily dependant upon these kind of control
sequences: C-c, M-c etc.  

	if you are happy with VIM, use VIM and be happy.

jmb


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