On Sat, Jul 6, 2013 at 4:36 AM, Cameron Simpson <c...@zip.com.au> wrote:
> While I started with vi just slightly before encountering emacs > (mid-to-late 1980s, both), my main trouble with choosing emacs was > the heavy use of control keys. Vi's modal nature means that in > "edit" mode, all the keystrokes are available as edit controls. > Emacs' modeless nature means that all the edit controls must be > control-this and meta/escape-that. > > For this reason, I often expand EMACS as Escape Meta Alt Control Shift. > > Yes... The fact that rms has crippling RSI should indicate that emacs' ergonomics is not right. > I'm a vi user. Once I mastered "hit ESC by reflex when you pause > typing an insert" I was never confused above which mode I was in. > > And now my fingers know vi. > > Yes... vi: (n) A program that has two modes, one in which it beeps and the other in which it corrupts your file :-) > Cheers, > -- > Cameron Simpson <c...@zip.com.au> > > A novice of the temple once approached the Chief Priest with a question. > > "Master, does Emacs have the Buddha nature?" the novice asked. > > The Chief Priest had been in the temple for many years and could be > relied > upon to know these things. He thought for several minutes before > replying. > > "I don't see why not. It's got bloody well everything else." > > With that, the Chief Priest went to lunch. The novice suddenly achieved > enlightenment, several years later. > > Commentary: > > His Master is kind, > Answering his FAQ quickly, > With thought and sarcasm. > > Heard somewhere: Emacs is my operating system and linux is its device driver. No I dont belong to that camp -- Actually I am quite dissatisfied with emacs nowadays... Keep trying eclipse and getting repulsed by the gorilla. Philosophy being this: What functional programming is to program-semantics, fast-branching (as in git) is to program-source[1]. To complete the trinity, one needs semi-automated refactoring. The first I can do in my sleep; the second still noob-status, the third yet to start! [1] Not necessarily source-code See http://blog.vctr.me/posts/why-you-should-learn-git.html
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