[ale] Ongoing vim vs. emacs

Scott Castaline hscast at charter.net
Tue Jun 3 15:23:51 EDT 2008


Preston Boyington wrote:
> Jeff Lightner wrote:
>   
>> New article out about something called cream to make vim easier for new 
>> users (maybe even the emacs folks that can’t figure it out):
>>
>> _http://www.linux-mag.com/id/6045/_
>>
>> I like this from the article:
>>
>> “Vim has a tremendous amount of power, stability, and extensibility to 
>> offer users (Emacs… ahhh, not so much)”
>>
>>     
> heh, i even have one of those "Teach Yourself Emacs in 24 Hours" books 
> (sandwiched between two copies of Real World Linux Security).  after a 
> while i realized that i didn't really need it for what little editing i do.
>
> the majority is covered by GEdit (using plugins), Nano, or similar.
>
> Preston
>   

As the great Mork from Ork used to say, "Nano Nano!"


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