On Sat, June 9, 2007 9:27 am, Andrew Lentvorski wrote: > Bob La Quey wrote: >> On 6/8/07, Andrew Lentvorski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> And people who like silly memorization use vi. >> >> This is a complete nonissue if you use something all the time. >> It is like saying "and people who like memorization use English" >> all those words! Damn so many of them. > > A) People who use mouse driven IDE's would say the same thing. > > B) I was being sarcastic > > However, I don't agree with this being a non-issue. > > There is a cognitive load issue. The prime example I use for this is > the "search-and-replace" functionality in vi vs. emacs.
Are you trying to be proficient in both? I have enough problems bouncing between Linux (vi) and M$ (garbage). > Search and > replace in vi *never* sticks in my brain. There are other things like > that. > I have a hard time imagining something not sticking to that brain of yours, unless, of course, you have zero interest in it. This is a central failing of mine. Can't learn stuff if I'm not interested. Physically impossible for me. Wish it were otherwise. > Different strokes for different folks. > It's that choice thing again. Choice can be good and choice can be confusing, but by god, choice is here to stay in the *nix world. Sometines I think certain personality types are more comfortable with M$ percisely because they have the luxury of not having to make choices. When I was in the Army, I never had to trouble myself with what to wear in the morning. Nice in a way. Saves time. -- Lan Barnes SCM Analyst Linux Guy Tcl/Tk Enthusiast Biodiesel Brewer -- [email protected] http://www.kernel-panic.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/kplug-lpsg
