On Thu, Aug 29, 2002 at 11:30:04AM +0530, Anoop Johnson wrote:
>     Binand> I believe vim is also getting this client/server functionality
> 
> Is that really needed for Vim?? Vim was never as "heavy" as [X]Emacs.

I think it is a good idea. Yank/Paste across vim sessions is one example.

>     >> * Multipart/HTML mails may be displayed inline in Gnus. (Unlike Mutt
>     >> where you have to call a browser like Lynx to read HTML mails).
> 
>     Binand> You mean mutt is bad because it does not include the
>     Binand> functionality of a web browser??
> 
> Displaying HTML in your application doesn't mean that you have to sit down
> and write your browser code. Also, there are some better ways than just
> spawning a browser.

Yeah. Kparts is a good example. But I think these component models just
take the Unix philosophy (do one thing at a time, and do it well) one
step further.

Anyway, I don't want to preach "do one thing at a time" to someone who
is a follower of MDI - who has been singing praises of Microsoft for
some time now.

> interpreter called Emacs as your Editor/MUA/News-reader/IDE or whatever.
> And that's why Emacs is called the "OTP" and has a place in
> alt.religion.*. If you didn't understand what I said in my last post, you
> never understood Emacs.

Yeah. I never understood emacs, despite using it for more than 6
years now. Mea Culpa.

Binand

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