From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Jan 25 8: 7:19 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mail.telestream.com (mail.telestream.com [205.238.4.5]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EAE9215395 for ; Tue, 25 Jan 2000 08:07:09 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from keith@mail.telestream.com) Received: from localhost (keith@localhost) by mail.telestream.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id HAA25802; Tue, 25 Jan 2000 07:53:40 -0800 Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2000 07:53:39 -0800 (PST) From: To: Jonathon McKitrick Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: editors question #2 In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG The only way you will ever truely know is to just pluck around with the two yourself and see which one is most intuitive. Anything else is just a personal opinion of people. Frankly my vote is for vi. But then again I am as bias as any other response you will get and completely invalid to your needs, as is anyone elses opinion. Keith On Tue, 25 Jan 2000, Jonathon McKitrick wrote: > > In Greg Lehey's book, he states that he feels emacs is easier to learn > and more powerful than VI. Obviously it is more powerful, but does > anyone think it is also easier to learn? It *seems* to me than it > is easier to learn one- or two-letter commands than keystroke combinations, > especially when it takes more than one combination. Like i said, i don't want > to start a war here, but i am a student and i want to develop solid skills > with a good, powerful editor. Right now, i'm trying to decide between > these two. I know emacs is more powerful, but i also know that power > comes with a price. > > Sorry to be hitting the questions list so hard, but we got hit with a snowstorm > and i have nothing else to do today ;-) > > > -=> jm <=- > > "I've done questionable things, also extraordinary things.... > Revel in your time!" > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message