---- Original message ---- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: Desktop apps
>Greg Rundlett said: > >>Regarding emacs...I once looked at Emacs, [...] >If all you do is "look at it", then you will likely come to >the same conclusion again. > >Install XEmacs, then run the tutorial. Use the tutorial for >even just 15 minutes. This isn't "reading documentation", >it's actually using (X)Emacs to edit the actual tutorial >you're going through. > >The tutorial explains the basics of using Emacs as an editor. Um, er, as I recall the original question was seeking a file comparision tool, not an editor. I was not the one asking the list about this, but it is a requirement I sometimes face. >Don't think of learning Emacs as a monumental chore, rather, >think of it as an constant incremental investment. There is >no more powerful editor. Time and effort invested in learning an editor, most powerful or not, when I want to learn a file comparision tool seems both a needless chore and a waste. Even if the most powerful editor can also be used to compare files, it is likely to be a chore and a waste if the investment in learning does not offer ROI at least competitive with that returned by learning another file comparision tool that may not be as powerful but is better and/or easier to learn/use. --Bruce McCulley "When all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail." _______________________________________________ gnhlug-discuss mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss
