[ale] Ongoing vim vs. emacs

[Warren Myers]

http://xkcd.com/378/

On 6/3/08, Charles Shapiro <hooterpincher at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> ED IS THE TRUE PATH TO NIRVANA!  ED HAS BEEN THE CHOICE OF EDUCATED
> AND IGNORANT ALIKE FOR CENTURIES!  ED WILL NOT CORRUPT YOUR PRECIOUS
> BODILY FLUIDS!!  ED IS THE STANDARD TEXT EDITOR!  ED MAKES THE SUN
> SHINE AND THE BIRDS SING AND THE GRASS GREEN!!
>
> When I use an editor, I don't want eight extra KILOBYTES of worthless
> help screens and cursor positioning code!  I just want an EDitor!!
> Not a "viitor".  Not a "emacsitor".  Those aren't even WORDS!!!! ED!
>
> ED! ED IS THE STANDARD!!!
>
> http://www.geocities.com/kensanata/ed.html
>
> -- CHS
>
>
>
> On 6/3/08, Preston Boyington <preston.lists at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Jeff Lightner wrote:
>> > New article out about something called cream to make vim easier for new
>> > users (maybe even the emacs folks that can't figure it out):
>> >
>> > _http://www.linux-mag.com/id/6045/_
>> >
>> > I like this from the article:
>> >
>> > "Vim has a tremendous amount of power, stability, and extensibility to
>> > offer users (Emacs… ahhh, not so much)"
>> >
>>
>> heh, i even have one of those "Teach Yourself Emacs in 24 Hours" books
>> (sandwiched between two copies of Real World Linux Security).  after a
>> while i realized that i didn't really need it for what little editing i
>> do.
>>
>> the majority is covered by GEdit (using plugins), Nano, or similar.
>>
>> Preston
>>
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