On 14 Jun 2000, Gary Hennigan wrote: > > "Jeffrey Knight" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 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 :)
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