On Sun, Jun 14, 1998 at 10:27:52AM -0400, Z-Y [Jerry] wrote: > greet all, > > I am no guru. But let's stop this war! yes...wars are unproductive..and in the case of this type of war doesn't even have the benefit of getting rid of some people off the planet. > To me, choice of editor depends on > your experience, skill and task on hand. I use vi and my boss at work uses > emacs. We both like our own choice very much and enjoy the way our choice > works for us. But we never try to "convert" each other, fortunately. I agree tottally. Personally..my favoprite editor right now is ee. I use it all the time. It is not that I am "Unwilling to learn", in fact I love to learn, its just I feel that using an editor isn't something that I should need to "learn". Some people like emacs (I used to love it...don't use it as much now), some like ae, some like ee, some like vi (I usually call those people masochists... but only in fun ;) ) as for the base...I agree with the point of using ae or ee or some such "simple" editor. Make it easy for people comming from windows to get started if they wish to learn vi later..so be it, but not everyone can just "Pick up" vi and run with it like some of the other editors. > For the experience of being converted to something else, > if you are a buddist, try being converted by a Christian or vice versa. > If you don't believe in any form of god, you are free to choose one or > create your own:-) hmm nice point. Tried Chrstian, didn't fit me..now im in that 3rd group... did try creating my own...didn't work out. I only have 2 "followers" now.. and they aren't very good ones. Actually...maybe wiseass is a better term than "Follower" or "Worshipper" > have a peaceful sunday. too late for that...oh well... > Jerry > > On Sun, 14 Jun 1998, Raul Miller wrote: > > > Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@datasync.com> wrote: > > > Most features? *VI*? or you mean XEmacs? Since when has vi > > > been an editor with features? ;-) > > > > The biggest advantage of vi over xemacs is that vi is easier on the > > wrists. For example, vi's . command (repeat last command which changed > > the text) is something that doesn't make much sense in the xemacs > > environment (because you can always type ^x( command ^x) then ^x^e..., > > and a command to replace . would be about as many keystrokes). > > > > At one point, I almost had to give up programming because my wrists hurt > > so bad. Switching to vi from emacs (and taking better care of myself) > > mostly solved that. > > > > -- > > Raul > > > > > > -- > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-request@lists.debian.org > > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org > > > > YU, Zhongbin (Jerry) In Nature I believe:-) > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > M.S. in CIS | M.S. in Chemistry > zyu@cis.gsu.edu | http://userwww.service.emory.edu/~zyu > RA w/ Dr. Ramesh | Tel: (404)251-9072 > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-request@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org > > -- ** Stephen Carpenter ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** ** sjc@delphi.com ** "Maturity is often more absurd than youth and very frequently is most unjust to youth" -- Thomas Edison
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