From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Jan 25 11:53:33 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from logisticsoftware.co.nz (logisticsoftware.co.nz [202.37.163.1]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3623F15125 for ; Tue, 25 Jan 2000 11:53:30 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jonc@logisticsoftware.co.nz) Received: from jonc.logisticsoftware.co.nz (jonc.logisticsoftware.co.nz [10.1.3.1]) by logisticsoftware.co.nz (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id IAA24804; Wed, 26 Jan 2000 08:53:28 +1300 (NZDT) Received: (from jonc@localhost) by jonc.logisticsoftware.co.nz (8.9.3/8.9.3) id IAA05899; Wed, 26 Jan 2000 08:53:28 +1300 (NZDT) (envelope-from jonc) Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2000 08:53:28 +1300 From: Jonathan Chen To: Jonathon McKitrick Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: editors question #2 Message-ID: <20000126085328.B5764@jonc.logisticsoftware.co.nz> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0i In-Reply-To: ; from jcm@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org on Tue, Jan 25, 2000 at 03:43:17PM +0000 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, Jan 25, 2000 at 03:43:17PM +0000, 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. vi. It's on all UNIX boxes. Jonathan Chen --------------------------------------------------------------------- Failure is not an option. It comes bundled with your Microsoft product. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message