Path: utzoo!utgpu!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!lll-lcc!ames!mailrus!cornell!uw-beaver!blake!mcglk From: mcglk@blake.acs.washington.edu (Ken McGlothlen) Newsgroups: comp.emacs Subject: Re: Okay--I give; why is Emacs so great? Keywords: Gnu Emacs Message-ID: <496@blake.acs.washington.edu> Date: 6 Jan 89 18:49:21 GMT References: <490@blake.acs.washington.edu> <1297@tank.uchicago.edu> Reply-To: mcglk@blake.acs.washington.edu (Ken McGlothlen) Organization: Me? Organized? Lines: 18 Wow. I had no idea when I wrote the original article that I had just doused myself in gasoline. Whee. :) Within a very short time, I had eight mail messages that addressed *all* the points I had made (and quite reasonably, too), plus four people who suggested that I be forced to use vi for the rest of my natural life. (No thanks--I don't even *touch* vi.) Not to mention the articles that appeared in this newsgroup, which were surprisingly flame-free. It must be the spirit of the FSF at work; I doubt I would have been able to get away with such an ill-informed posting in any other newsgroup. So, thank you all. I'd like to thank all of you by name, but I have a feeling that I'm going to be receiving mail for the next few days on this. Lessee--yup, two more messages since I started this thing. :) --Ken McGlothlen mcglk@blake.acs.washington.edu