Re: Emacs

[debina@grey-cat.com]

I think my recommendation as far as xemacs vs emacs goes is that, for
a new emacs user, xemacs offers that one advantage of GUIs -- little
pull down menus that help you use the editor before you learn all the
esoteric keystrokes. Once you've taken advantage of that for a bit
using xemacs -nw (no windows) on a terminal is just fine. 

I've never tried to learn vi. I admit, if you just want to create a
file of a couple lines in your administration of your box, starting
x/emacs may seem like overkill. I always use 

  $ echo "whatever needs\nto go here" > into.the.new.file

I think the best part about emacs is that you can run it on windows -- 
and using it to navigate the file structure, delete, rename, and move
files is simply a *joy* (well, compared to being stuck in windows in
the first place).

My only current complaint about emacs is more a complaint about
screen. I'm going nuts not being able to use ^a to get to the
beginning of a line..... If anyone uses emacs with screen, i'd love a
chance to see your .screenrc. 

Cheerios,

judith