Hey Nat, I guess the undertones of the site is that "everyone is a winner" and is a great showcase of showing what these awesome text editors are capable of!
When I started showing interest in using a "proper" text editor, there was a myriad of flame wars of non-sensical, non-logical arguments which plagued the forums. I understood that using one of these *could* save me time, but there were no videos of amazingly talented people using these editors. I *needed* something to inspire me to spend my time learning it, but I never got it. I just had to take the risk, and now I'm glad I did! I wanted to mask the sentiments under a pseudo-competitive guise as people naturally respond better to competition then the "everyone is a winner" philosophy. It obviously didn't wash with you or @CharlesCampbell as you have probably been witnesses to many idle rantings of the "fan boys". Hopefully now you can see my proposal is for the right reasons, and will be a part of the spirit of competition for the right reasons? Do I have two interests? :) Best Wishes, tommed On Aug 2, 7:22 pm, Nat Williams <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, Aug 2, 2010 at 11:17 AM, tommed <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Guys! > > > As a VIM user myself, I am hoping we can get some of our most elite > > users to participate in an online VIM vs EMACS vs > > INSERT_TEXT_EDITOR_HERE battle site? > > > I have posted a few details here:http://www.tommed.co.uk/?p=70 > > > Please let me know if you are mildly interested > > tommed > > When has the "which editor is best" debate ever actually worked out well? > This sounds like just another way to rehash the same tired arguments that > have been going on for decades. > > That said, I think there's actually something here. Instead of trying to > determine which is "best", why not showcase alternate editors' methods as a > way of helping those looking to switch (or even just looking to become more > agnostic)? Make a resource, not a battleground. Seeing an emacs video > that's a few seconds shorter isn't going to change my mind, but it might > help me understand what it's all about. > > Nat -- You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php
