<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 href="http://www.geocities.com/kensanata/ed.html">http://www.geocities.com/kensanata/ed.html</a><br><br>-- CHS<br><br></pre>
<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 6/3/08, <b class="gmail_sendername">Preston Boyington</b> <<a href="mailto:preston.lists@gmail.com">preston.lists@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
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 href="http://www.linux-mag.com/id/6045/_">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 href="http://www.arrantdrivel.com/">http://www.arrantdrivel.com/</a><br> _______________________________________________<br> Ale mailing list<br>
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