From: Marnen Laibow-Koser <marnen@...>
Date: 2009-12-09T02:58:54+09:00
Subject: Re: IRB GUI on OSX?

Aldric Giacomoni wrote:
> Marnen Laibow-Koser wrote:
>> Aldric Giacomoni wrote:
>>> Marnen Laibow-Koser wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> I'll look those up.  But what good are keyboard shortcuts if there's no 
>>>> easy way to remind oneself of them?
>>> 
>>> To go back on topic a bit.. Marnen, so ... You don't use VIM? ;-)
>> 
>> Absolutely not.  I hate vi, although vim is slightly better.  When I 
>> need a console editor, I use emacs.
>> 
> 
> Ah yes, because C-x C-c makes so much more sense ;-) I didn't think 
> think an emacs/vim user would actually discriminate against keyboard 
> shortcuts (troll, troll) although I understand that there's only so many 
> one can hold in one's head before one feels like beating others over the 
> head with a keyboard.

The latter is really the issue.  I only remember a small number of emacs 
shortcuts; I make liberal use of apropos and where-is for everything 
else.  I don't think vi has a comparable help system.

What I really hate about vi, though, is its dual-mode interface.  It's 
not 1970 anymore.

> 
> Actually, I do wonder - is there anything with vim / emacs to easily 
> view ri / rdoc ? It's .. Almost on topic :)

Best,
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