Kaffeine playback jerky

Derek Broughton news at pointerstop.ca
Wed Sep 3 19:33:33 UTC 2008


Knapp wrote:

>> and I suppose you like root canals without anesthetic also. *<]:oD
> 
> Better than walking around with  a numb face all day. :-P
> 
>>
>> I looked at vim for just a bit but all that's installed right now is
>> tiny-vim. After some experience with vi I don't know.
> 
> There are two programs that are modal in nature and they give people
> fits that are not willing to take the time to learn them well. On is
> VIM  AKA VI and the other is Blender3d. In both cases once you know it
> you will never want to go back to the slow inefficient style of the
> old ways, also both have great power once mastered.

LOL.  How many people actually use Blender?

I don't know vi, don't want to, but I was once an Emacs guru, and since the
subject of vi vs emacs can cause so many flame wars, I have to assume that
the capabilities are at least similar.  But I'm _never_ going back to
Emacs - these _editors_ are just that: editors.  All the other things they
can do are just enormous time-wasters that suck you in.  Why would I want
to turn vi or emacs into an IDE?  I have eclipse for that.  Why do I need
syntax highlighting?  Even kate can do that.  Why would I want vi to be my
email editor?  We have mail programs.  You name a wonderful feature I can
get from vi, and I bet I have another, more intuitive, way to do it.

I'd get rid of vim-tiny if there weren't insane dependencies on it...

[I now return you to your regularly scheduled root canal]
-- 
derek





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