From: tony summerfelt Date: 2005-05-04T12:28:24+09:00 Subject: Re: Emacs vs. VI vs. IDE >>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. all my code is text so yes, i want to edit it efficiently. it did occurr to me though that people might not know what 'touch-typist' meant. > Emacs big win is that it does so, so much more. true enough. i don't want my editor checking my email, just editing text shaped like code. > t's like debating your clock vs. your computer because you can tell > the current time with both. most people don't want a computer on their wrist though :) i DO have emacs set up with w3, reading newsgroups, email, gdb, etc...because i COULD :) i just don't use it that often -- http://home.cogeco.ca/~tsummerfelt1 telnet://ventedspleen.dyndns.org