Re: Emacs questions
On 14 Jun 2000, Gary Hennigan wrote:
>
> "Jeffrey Knight" <knight@ru4.com> writes:
> > Thanks for the responses; i know this isn't an Emacs mailing list ---
> > How can this be possible? The bloated Emacs with every feature known to
> > humanity can't do the one thing that lil' ol' vim does with ease: give me
> > syntax highlighting outside of X?
> > That emacs FAQ does look bad ... i'll investigate further and let you all
> > know what i find!
>
> Please, let's not start an Emacs -vs- vi -vs- joe -vs- ae -vs- ad
> nauseum flame fest here. Each person has their own preferences and
> it's unlikely that anyone is going to change anybody's opinon here.
>
> One of the great things about this list is that it's low on volume and
> high on valid posts. An editor flame fest would skew that
> significantly.
>
I agree however I did have to mention it :) Emacs does many things vim
doesn't but its not my cup of tea (or coffee) thats all :)
Alex
--
** ((__)) Alexander "Jim diGriz" "Hubenko" Clouter
\\ ((oo))
\\------\\// e-mail: alexander.clouter@ic.ac.uk
|| ||
|||----|||
~~~ ~~~ equip : 300Mhz Celeron Laptop running
Cow during an Debian Woody Linux
Earthquake
Reply to: