[clue] emacs

Collins Richey crichey at gmail.com
Sun May 1 11:53:00 MDT 2011


On Sun, May 1, 2011 at 10:31 AM, chris fedde <chris at fedde.us> wrote:
> heh.  Emacs is a very nice program.  One day someone should  use it to
> write a text editor.  :-)
>
> On Sun, May 1, 2011 at 8:45 AM, Thomas DiGennaro
> <thomasdigennaro at comcast.net> wrote:
>> Ah Emacs.  Yes, I admit it, I love it.  I still use key bindings that I grew
>> accustomed to in the early 1980’s.
>>
>>
>>
>> Emacs – is the Winnebago of editors:  you can go anywhere and do anything,
>> but it takes a lot to get started and occupies a lot of space.
>>
>>
>>
>> vi – the sports car:  fast, smooth, handles well; but your ass is always
>> dragging on the ground, and it has an engine made in Britain.
>>

And the old mantra. Linux is a great os; too bad it doesn't have a
good editor. Emacs is also a great os; too bad it doesn't have a good
editor.




-- 
Collins Richey
     If you fill your heart with regrets of yesterday and the worries
     of tomorrow, you have no today to be thankful for.


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