On Sunday 27 July 2003 09:30 am, Eric Huff wrote: > > EMACs ? you are hard core : ) > > Kinda funny, i guess. I probably only use .01% of it's ability, but i > love it. > > I learned emacs way back in undergrad: it was available on the vax in > physics where i worked and the hp unix machines in EE where i studied. > Plus, the local computer guru was an emacs user, so i learned it > quickly. > > I have never gotten over my addiction. I install it on every windows > computer i have to use, so even at work i feel a little better. Like > i'm gonna use notepad. Puhhleease. > There's nothing like the ability to do incremental searches with what i > call forward highlighting of matches. > > It's been relatively newbie friendly for awhile. I hardly use the > pulldowns, but it now has all the most basic functions available in the > pulldown, so non-emacs users can actually exit, save as, etc, w/o having > google to learn C-x C-c, etc. > > Whew! Please no flames. I'm sure vi is good, too. :) I dunno that would be stephen dept ..unless he has a shrimp on the barbie both EMACS and Vi are on your distro
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