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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 color=navy face=Arial><span style='font-size:
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liked the “magnetized needle and a steady hand” frame.</span></font></p>
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font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
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ale-bounces@ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces@ale.org] <b><span style='font-weight:
bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Warren Myers<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Tuesday, June 03, 2008 2:07
PM<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> ale@ale.org<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> Re: [ale] Ongoing vim vs.
emacs</span></font></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span class=gmailquote><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>On 6/3/08, <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Charles
Shapiro</span></b> <<a href="mailto:hooterpincher@gmail.com">hooterpincher@gmail.com</a>>
wrote:</span></font></span> </p>
<pre><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>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>
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style='font-size:10.0pt'>BODILY FLUIDS!! ED IS THE STANDARD TEXT EDITOR! ED MAKES THE SUN<br>
SHINE AND THE BIRDS SING AND THE GRASS GREEN!!<br>
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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>
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style='font-size:10.0pt'> </span></font></pre><pre><font size=2
face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>ED! ED IS THE STANDARD!!!<br>
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<a href="http://www.geocities.com/kensanata/ed.html" target="_blank">http://www.geocities.com/kensanata/ed.html</a><br>
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-- CHS<br>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span class=gmailquote><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
style='font-size:12.0pt'>On 6/3/08, <b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Preston
Boyington</span></b> <<a href="mailto:preston.lists@gmail.com"
target="_blank">preston.lists@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</span></font></span> </p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:
12.0pt'>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/_" 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 href="http://www.arrantdrivel.com/" target="_blank">http://www.arrantdrivel.com/</a><br>
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