On Mon, Oct 30, 2000 at 03:32:43PM +0100, Robin Szemeti wrote:
> On Mon, 30 Oct 2000, you wrote:
>
> > Calling EMACS an editor is like calling the Earth a hunk of dirt.
>
> true indeed.
>
> Vi is an editor ... emacs _might_ be an editor, but it does have a nasty
> habit of trying to read your mail / post to newsgroups / compile your
> kernel / test your serial port / check your dishwasher when all you wanted
> it to do was cut and paste ... I gave up in the end almost every
> keystroke seemed to do something entirely un-natural
One of the biggest problems i have when switching from Windows to Linux or
back after heavy use of either of them is the change in nature of copy and
paste... I end up not pasting under windows because i only highlighted it.
Very annoying.
> I propose that all future postings should clearly state whether you're a
> vi or emacs sort of a chap/chapess and then we can have diferent meetings
> and t shirts
You mean like this? http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/vi-emacs.html
<Duck> Kedit's good </Duck>
Dean
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Emacs. Eighty megs and constantly swapping.
