[ale] Emacs stinks, Vi is for wimps

Geoffrey esoteric at 3times25.net
Mon Nov 7 19:58:58 EST 2005


Jim Philips wrote:
> Marvin the Martian wrote:
> 
>>Mike Harrison wrote:
>>
>>  
>>
>>>>XEmacs >> Emacs
>>>>   
>>>>
>>>>      
>>>
>>>I've been watching this for a few days.. 
>>>as I type line after line of code, and edit various files
>>>and even edit my PINE e-mails.. with: joe 
>>>
>>>http://sourceforge.net/projects/joe-editor/
>>> 
>>>
>>>    
>>
>>Yes.  I love Joe.  I use it whenever I need to do something quick and 
>>dirty on the command-line.   It's straightforward, consistent, and very 
>>very very easy on system resources. 
>>  
> 
> I'm for chisels and stone tablets myself. Gives you time to ponder what 
> you're writing. But it's hell when the time comes for an analog to 
> digital conversion.

Or when you fat chisel a character, backspace is a bummer....

-- 
Until later, Geoffrey



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