I use emacs for everything. I find it too much of a pain to jump around from editor to editor for different projects. I spend my work days writing shell scripts, editing text files, and C++ programming, and use emacs for all of these tasks. If you take the time to thoroughly learn emacs, you don't need vi, IMHO. Tim ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, August 27, 2001 12:01 PM Subject: [newbie] Xemacs vs. emacs vs. vi > Good afternoon folks, > > I'm starting to do pretty much everything from the command line now, to the > point that I don't even touch XWindows for most of the day. While this is cool > and exciting, I'm curious as to people's opinions on what text editor I should > use for programming, file editing, etc. I have only been playing with them for > a few days and it seems to me that vi is a lot easier thus far. The CTRL-D/DEL > thing in emacs is a real hassle. I know that vi is intended for C programming > and emacs for command interpreting/bash programming, so is it best for me to > use both? What are the advantages of each tool under different circumstances? > Thanks as always for your collective infinite wisdom. > > Peace, > Isaac > > > > "When I gave food to the poor, they called me a saint. When I asked why the > poor had no food, they called me a communist." > > - Archbishop Oscar Romero of El Salvador > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://wwww.mandrakestore.com >
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