From: Lyndon Samson Date: 2005-05-03T01:58:08+09:00 Subject: Re: [good] Re: [Re: Emacs vs. VI vs. IDE On 5/3/05, Michael Campbell wrote: > > > > if one is a touch-typist, vim makes you very efficient at editing text... > > And if all you want to do is edit text, vi(m) is a fine editor. > > Emacs big win is that it does so, so much more. It's like debating > your clock vs. your computer because you can tell the current time Huh? http://www.vim.org/scripts/index.php Maybe not on a par with emacs, but pretty impressive, and you can script it with ruby, so it kicks emacs ass all over the place for that. I've disliked the whole Wordstar/Ctrl Key paradigm even since I got trapped in such an editor on a 1200/75 dialup modem connection once many years ago...scary :-) > with both. > > And, I apologize for adding to this way too off topic thread. > > -- Into RFID? www.rfidnewsupdate.com Simple, fast, news.