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geeks at sunhelp.org
Fri Aug 3 14:59:20 CDT 2001
> > Emacs.
> is he allowed to say that? isn't that on the fringe since holy editor=
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wars
> are against the rules?=20
Nah, not since I started arguing that vi is an editor and emacs is the=20
original (and IMO, only decent) IWE. Staroffice (which I'm using atm=20
while I build new emacs stuff. I took it apart and broke it :) ) and MS =
office and WP and etc just don't cut it. I have the option of at least 8=
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mail/news clients, what amounts to 10 and more different editors, etc.=20
People seem to miss that MS didn't invent the concept of an Integrated=20
Work Environment.....
-Christof
I do use vi, though I prefer to stay in emacs. They are different tools,=
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with different strengths (like 9600 serial connections on a 40mhz=20
terminal laptop- I choose vi)
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