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<div><span class="gmail_quote">On 6/3/08, <b class="gmail_sendername">Charles Shapiro</b> <<a href="mailto:hooterpincher@gmail.com">hooterpincher@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</span>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0px 0px 0px 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid"><pre>ED IS THE TRUE PATH TO NIRVANA! ED HAS BEEN THE CHOICE OF EDUCATED<br>AND IGNORANT ALIKE FOR CENTURIES! ED WILL NOT CORRUPT YOUR PRECIOUS<br>
BODILY FLUIDS!! ED IS THE STANDARD TEXT EDITOR! ED MAKES THE SUN<br>SHINE AND THE BIRDS SING AND THE GRASS GREEN!!<br>
<br>When I use an editor, I don't want eight extra KILOBYTES of worthless<br>help screens and cursor positioning code! I just want an EDitor!!<br>Not a "viitor". Not a "emacsitor". Those aren't even WORDS!!!! ED!<br>
ED! ED IS THE STANDARD!!!<br><br><a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www.geocities.com/kensanata/ed.html" target="_blank">http://www.geocities.com/kensanata/ed.html</a><br><br>-- CHS<br>
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<div><span class="gmail_quote">On 6/3/08, <b class="gmail_sendername">Preston Boyington</b> <<a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="mailto:preston.lists@gmail.com" target="_blank">preston.lists@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</span>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="PADDING-LEFT: 1ex; MARGIN: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(204,204,204) 1px solid">Jeff Lightner wrote:<br>> New article out about something called cream to make vim easier for new<br>
> users (maybe even the emacs folks that can't figure it out):<br>><br>> _<a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www.linux-mag.com/id/6045/_" target="_blank">http://www.linux-mag.com/id/6045/_</a><br>
><br>> I like this from the article:<br>><br>> "Vim has a tremendous amount of power, stability, and extensibility to<br>> offer users (Emacs… ahhh, not so much)"<br>><br><br>heh, i even have one of those "Teach Yourself Emacs in 24 Hours" books<br>
(sandwiched between two copies of Real World Linux Security). after a<br>while i realized that i didn't really need it for what little editing i do.<br><br>the majority is covered by GEdit (using plugins), Nano, or similar.<br>
<br>Preston<br><br>--<br>Arrant Drivel - really, it's just trash...<br><a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www.arrantdrivel.com/" target="_blank">http://www.arrantdrivel.com/</a><br>
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