From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Jan 25 16:13:39 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from radius.wavefire.com (radius.workfire.net [139.142.95.252]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 47E1D15213 for ; Tue, 25 Jan 2000 16:13:27 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from swen@wavefire.com) Received: (qmail 14499 invoked from network); 26 Jan 2000 00:12:57 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO swen) (139.142.167.220) by radius.workfire.net with SMTP; 26 Jan 2000 00:12:57 -0000 Message-Id: <3.0.32.20000125161432.009244c0@mail.wavefire.com> X-Sender: swen@mail.wavefire.com X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Pro Version 3.0 (32) Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2000 16:14:33 -0800 To: Jonathan Chen , Jonathon McKitrick From: Chameleon Subject: Re: editors question #2 Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/enriched; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG At 08:53 AM 1/26/00 +1300, Jonathan Chen wrote: >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. > 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 > >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 > > Windows 98: 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. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message