On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 11:33 AM, Rene Churchill <[email protected]> wrote: > > Well, I've been using emacs for over 20 years. It's got a steep learning > curve, but for those of us that started using computers before mice and are > touch typists, it's very fast. > > Because it was written before computer mice were developed, there are > keystoke versions of every command. Personally I like this because I don't > have to keep moving my hand back and forth between the keyboard and mouse. > However a lot of the commands use the Ctrl key, so hard-core emacs users > tend to swap the Ctrl and Caps lock keys on their keyboards, thus putting > Ctrl "back where it belongs." :-)
Heck, a lot of us vi(m) fanatics do the same. :) > Kevin Brooks wrote: > > Hi All, > What's everyone use for editing in ubunto? > I've always used vi in the past. > I'm having some issues using vi on ubunto 8.10 via a putty ssh session. > Though maybe I'd give another editor a shot? > Tks, > Kevin > > > -- > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= > René Churchill [email protected] > Geek Two 802-244-7880 x527 > Your Source for Local Information http://www.wherezit.com > > -- Matthew Weier O'Phinney [email protected] http://weierophinney.net/matthew/
