[geeks] grr AT

[Chris Byrne]

I'll use pico for simple text editing or reading a text file but never for
any config file or code use because pico mangles long lines and doesnt read
hidden characters.

And of course there those nasty license terms

Chris Byrne

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> From: geeks-admin at sunhelp.org [mailto:geeks-admin at sunhelp.org]On Behalf
> Of Geek
> Sent: 23 April 2002 22:10
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> I still use pico. Simple and easy to use. Open and type.
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> - ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Greg A. Woods" <woods at weird.com>
> To: <geeks at sunhelp.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, April 16, 2002 2:20 AM
> Subject: RE: [geeks] grr AT
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>
> [ On Tuesday, April 16, 2002 at 00:09:17 (-0400), Michael Conlen
> wrote: ]
> > Subject: RE: [geeks] grr AT
> >
> > I'm at a conference with the person who invited me, Andy Greenberg,
> > by the registration table when Don Knuth walks in
> >
> > Don: "Hey Andy! How's things going" (I'm thinking he knows you?!)
> > Andy: "Great. Don, this is someone I want you to meet. Don, this is
> > Mike Conlen"
> > Don: "Nice to meet you. So Mike, what do you do?"
> > Me: "I'm a professional vi user, so usually software engineering or
> > sys admin work" (I was unemployed at the time)
> > Don: "Oh, I use emacs."
> >
> > Don walks away and I can't get my jaw unlocked and off the floor...
> > ...I thought Don had more sense then that.
>
> He does -- and that's the point!  No self respecting emacs user can
> continue a conversation with someone they've just learned is a vi
> user.
>
> (at least not without laughing at them!  ;-)
>
> [[ oops -- forgot the warning:  "Editor wars are imminent!" ]]
>
> hahahahahahahahahahahahaha !!!!!
>
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