editors in rescue mode

Leo Cacciari leo.cacciari at gmail.com
Wed Aug 6 09:06:17 UTC 2008


Il giorno mar, 05/08/2008 alle 14.53 -0700, Smoot Carl-Mitchell ha
scritto:

> I had to give the history of vi because like other things "editor wars"
> get religious awfully fast.  My general philosophy is use what is
> comfortable for you whether it is Emacs, vi, nano or even (gasp!) ed.
> Personally, I think vi is an awful editor with its modality and less
> than obvious command set.  Emacs and even nano are much more elegant in
> a lot of ways. Sadly, I have used vi so much (because it was available
> everywhere when I consulted), it is wired into my spine with unfortunate
> effects when I try and use a word processor like OO.  I end up typing
> things like 'dd' or 'cw' or ':wq' and get frustrated when the "right"
> thing does not happen.
> 
LOL I feel exactly like you, except that it's emacs which is hardwired
for me... try typing ^X^S in a vi session on a console... :D

Enjoy

-- 
Leo Cacciari

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