Huh. That was short. ( <a href="http://www.googlefight.com/index.php?lang=en_GB&word1=nano&word2=pico">http://www.googlefight.com/index.php?lang=en_GB&word1=nano&word2=pico</a> )<br><br>-- CHS<br>(Yes, I'm an emacs user..)<br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Feb 5, 2009 at 9:42 AM, Jim Kinney <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jim.kinney@gmail.com">jim.kinney@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<GONG!!> Both are OT posts. The flame war is nano-vs-pico<br>
<br>
who uses what and why or why not<br>
<br>
those luser vi-vs-emacs dweebs are so 1990's...<br>
<br>
Or how about:<br>
mutt vs pine<br>
epiphany vs konqueror<br>
fvwm vs twm<br>
puppy linux vs tiny sofa<br>
pulseaudio vs arts<br>
c-cell vs d-cell batteries<br>
tastes great vs less filling<br>
<div><div></div><div class="Wj3C7c"><br>
On Thu, Feb 5, 2009 at 9:15 AM, Jeff Lightner <<a href="mailto:jlightner@water.com">jlightner@water.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> ...so long as it is vim rather than nvi.<br>
><br>
> Emacs is an anagram of maces so I predict we'll shortly be clubbed by<br>
> those who are still silly enough to believe emacs is a good editor. :p<br>
><br>
> -----Original Message-----<br>
> From: <a href="mailto:ale-bounces@ale.org">ale-bounces@ale.org</a> [mailto:<a href="mailto:ale-bounces@ale.org">ale-bounces@ale.org</a>] On Behalf Of<br>
> Geoffrey<br>
> Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2009 8:57 AM<br>
> To: <a href="mailto:ale@ale.org">ale@ale.org</a><br>
> Subject: [ale] editors, was ... Re: Job listing<br>
><br>
> Jim Kinney wrote:<br>
><br>
>> I now return you to your latest nano-vs-pico editor war.<br>
><br>
> Why bother? vi is all anyone needs...<br>
><br>
><br>
> --<br>
> Until later, Geoffrey<br>
><br>
> Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little<br>
> temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.<br>
> - Benjamin Franklin<br>
> _______________________________________________<br>
> Ale mailing list<br>
> <a href="mailto:Ale@ale.org">Ale@ale.org</a><br>
> <a href="http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale" target="_blank">http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale</a><br>
><br>
> Please consider our environment before printing this e-mail or attachments.<br>
> ----------------------------------<br>
> CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail may contain privileged or confidential information and is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s). If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution, or use of the contents of this information is prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this electronic transmission in error, please reply immediately to the sender that you have received the message in error, and delete it. Thank you.<br>
> ----------------------------------<br>
><br>
> _______________________________________________<br>
> Ale mailing list<br>
> <a href="mailto:Ale@ale.org">Ale@ale.org</a><br>
> <a href="http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale" target="_blank">http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale</a><br>
><br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
</div></div>--<br>
<font color="#888888">--<br>
James P. Kinney III<br>
</font><div><div></div><div class="Wj3C7c"><br>
_______________________________________________<br>
Ale mailing list<br>
<a href="mailto:Ale@ale.org">Ale@ale.org</a><br>
<a href="http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale" target="_blank">http://mail.ale.org/mailman/listinfo/ale</a><br>
</div></div></blockquote></div><br>