[ale] ping

[Pablo Ordonez]

Just a small and no pretentious sentence.

Let emacs bless the nice editor vi.

:)


On Thu, Aug 23, 2012 at 3:22 PM, Michael Campbell <
michael.campbell at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Thu, Aug 23, 2012 at 2:08 PM, Vernard Martin <vernard at venger.net>
> wrote:
> > On 08/22/2012 01:37 PM, simontek at gmail.com wrote:
> >> Who uses emacs? Its either vi or pico!
> >> ------Original Message------
> >> From: Jim Kinney
> >> Sender: ale-bounces at ale.org
> >> To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts - Yes! We run Linux!
> >> ReplyTo: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
> >> Subject: [ale] ping
> >> Sent: Aug 22, 2012 1:26 PM
> >>
> >> emacs users are weenies
> >>
> > I use vi/vim when doing quick and dirty editing or when I'm doing actual
> > text editing on my text book. I use emacs when I'm editing binary files.
> > I use when I have no other choice. and by no other choice, I mean no
> > network and and "cat >" isn't working for some reason :-)
>
>
> Not to add to the noise, and I know that many or most of you are
> sysadmins on many machines, where I'm a developer primarily on one,
> and I know that emacs breaks the "do one small thing well" unix
> philosophy, BUT.... if you're using emacs to just edit, you're Doing
> It Wrong (tm).
>
> That said, I'm an emacs user but I also know enough vi to get around.
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