It's to anyone's advantage to learn both emacs and vi. 1) As mentioned, vi is on everything *n?x. If ever in a bind, vi will be there. 2) Emacs is incredibly easy and extensible. It is the proverbial kitchen sink, and as also mentioned, the keybindings for cutting/pasting/navigating are supported right from the bash command line. ;-)
On Tuesday 22 July 2003 16:26, Ronald Kuwawi wrote: > one advantage of being able to use vi is it's usually available > as a standard editor with default install on Linux distro, NetBSD, > OpenBSD, FreeBSD, and other unixes and does not need X to run it. > so if somehow you can't run X, it's useful to be able to use vi > > Ronald > > Nathaniel McCallum wrote: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > >>Ok.... i've tried to keep quiet but i cant anymore!! > > >> > > >>Why dont you want to use vim? You cant type? That's the only reason i > > >> can think of. Other than that... its power editing all the way. > > >> > > >>sory... i couldn't help myself :D > > >> > > >>Essien > > > > I can type just fine :). i was just never a fan of vi. Its nothing but > > personal preferance. > > Nathaniel > > > > -- > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list -- Know your neighbor. Discover independent media: http://www.thislife.org/ - This American Life - documenting "everyday life" in the US. http://www.humanmedia.org/ - Promoting "compassion, service, generosity and equality." http://www.worldlinktv.org/ - "a global perspective on news, current events and culture" -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
