"Marvin Pascual" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I for one, I don't use Emacs eventhough I've heard of the good features that > it has. I'm a vi user eversince. =)
See, I used to use vi. (Let's just forget about my pico phase, okay? ;) ) Of course, vim was _much_ better. I liked how vim knew how to color all these weird files I'd be editing. I liked how it integrated with ctags so that I could browse through source code easily. I used to switch between vim and emacs. vim for quick hacks, emacs for extended editing. Then I discovered all of these Emacs goodies. I realized I could do so many things in Emacs. I think that's pretty cool. I tried several mail clients. Liked features from here and there, and was thinking of learning enough elisp to hack the features together into one client. Then the people on #emacs clued me onto gnus. gnus is cool. It's a newsreader that can do mail quite well. I tried several organizers. Right now I'm using remember.el to jot down random ideas and outline mode for my school notes. diary takes care of my schedule and todo takes care of my tasks. I'm trying out some web browsers. Still haven't decided which one I like the most. w3's asynchronous operation is great, but it messes up on some pages. I hear w3m has acquired asynchronous support now. I can still do vi. I know how to map and map! in order to make my life easier. I can use hjkl (when I'm not on dvorak) and I can :%s/foo/bar/g with all the rest of them. But I love emacs. =) And you know what? I actually find its interface more intuitive than vi's. Easier to learn, even. Easier to customize. Easier to tweak. Yes, some people have a hard time remembering all of those control sequences, but you'll pick them up through practice. You can easily define your own keymaps, anyway. =) Wishlist for emacs: Better integration with screen! I want to have new frames show up in another screen window! -- Sacha Chua <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> - 4 BS CS Ateneo geekette interests: emacs, linux, wearables, teaching compsci, making games _ Philippine Linux Users Group. Web site and archives at http://plug.linux.org.ph To leave: send "unsubscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe to the Linux Newbies' List: send "subscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
