RE: [Sheflug] vi, emacs, sharp sticks

[Barrie Bremner <nospam [at] ecosse.net>]

>===== Original Message From "Sheflug" <sheflug [at] vuw.ac.nz> =====
>> Sounds about as user friendly as a poke in the eye with a sharp stick. I'll
>> stay with 'joe'
>
>
>That's sort of the point :)
>
>The whole vi -v- Emacs thing is daft, it's simply horses for courses, if
>you want power and can remember dozens of archaic character sequences go
>for vi, if you want user friendliness go for Emacs [joe, jed...]
>
>Course, there's always gedit, kedit, xcoral too - The choice for a
>Notepad Generation ;)

 I agree that arguing with anyone over vi or emacs (or whatever) is pointless. 
A
few chaps on the list can handle vi (I'm going to start using it) and I 
started
with Emacs way back when.
 I prefer Emacs, so I use it.
 Joe Bloggs likes vi, so he uses it.

 What is there to argue about?

baz.


>--
>James Ogley, Network Manager, SuSE Linux Ltd - +44 (0) 20 8 387 4088

 BTW, Hi James. Don't think I've seen you before. *Waves hand*

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