Path: utzoo!mnetor!tmsoft!torsqnt!lethe!yunexus!ists!helios.physics.utoronto.ca!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!caen!t22918 From: t22918@iti.org (Matt Ranney ) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.advocacy Subject: Re: HEY- editor wars! Keywords: editor Message-ID: Date: 26 Jan 91 18:59:36 GMT References: <1991Jan25.000005.23489@osceola.cs.ucf.edu> <737@caslon.cs.arizona.edu> Sender: news@engin.umich.edu (CAEN Netnews) Organization: The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor Lines: 29 dave@cs.arizona.edu (Dave P. Schaumann) writes: >In article <1991Jan25.000005.23489@osceola.cs.ucf.edu> eww@engr.ucf.edu (Mr. Eric W. Wampner) writes: >>HEY GUYS, GET REAL, VI is the only editor for me! >>its cheap, small, powerfull, and whats more >You get real. GnuEmacs rules. Once the port is done, and I have a jillion >megs of ram or so, I'll be in editor heaven. I agree, GnuEmacs rules. That's what I use on my Unix account, and I use one of those millions of beta versions that are floating around. My only complaint is that I don't have a jillion megs of ram to use up with an editor. If I wanted a word processor, I'd load up Excellence. I just want something that edits source code, and uses the same commands that I'm used to on the Unix. >The control/x stuff was sent down from God. Now it's hard-coded into my >fingers. I wouldn't learn vi on a bet. The commands from any editor would seem to be sent from God once you get used to them. Its just a matter of what you want to learn. Emacs at least has "windows", and lets you use the cursor keys without having to enter "command mode". I will say one good thing for vi, after I learned that, the keys didn't change for Nethack, but I still only use it when I have to. -- Matt Ranney t22918@ursa.calvin.edu