Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2000 16:14:33 -0800 From: Chameleon <swen@wavefire.com> To: Jonathan Chen <jonc@logisticsoftware.co.nz>, Jonathon McKitrick <jcm@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: editors question #2 Message-ID: <3.0.32.20000125161432.009244c0@mail.wavefire.com>
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At 08:53 AM 1/26/00 +1300, Jonathan Chen wrote:
>On Tue, Jan 25, 2000 at 03:43:17PM +0000, Jonathon McKitrick wrote:
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>>
>> 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.
>
its just my personal choice... but i prefer (c) - none of the above...
EE is much easier to learn than emacs or vi... granted its not as powerful, but you sometimes have to pick your battles... :)
Swen
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<bold>Windows 98</bold>: n.
useless extension to a minor patch release for
32-bit extensions and a graphical shell for a
16-bit patch to an 8-bit operating system
originally coded for a 4-bit microprocessor,
written by a 2-bit company that can't stand for
1 bit of competition.
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