Date: Sat, 24 Oct 1998 18:28:07 -0400 From: Dan Swartzendruber <dswartz@druber.com> To: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> Cc: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>, "Stephen J. Roznowski" <sjr@home.net>, current@FreeBSD.ORG, jkh@time.cdrom.com Subject: Re: 3.0 installation problems Message-ID: <3.0.5.32.19981024182807.009be140@mail.kersur.net> In-Reply-To: <199810242126.OAA01659@dingo.cdrom.com> References: <Your message of "Sat, 24 Oct 1998 16:51:02 EDT." <3.0.5.32.19981024165102.0095ed30@mail.kersur.net>
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At 02:26 PM 10/24/98 -0700, Mike Smith wrote: > >If all you're doing is editing a few configuration files, emacs is >overkill. Look at the size of the package, for instance. > >Emacs is a full-featured editing and develpment system. You need a >text editor. If you don't like vi (understandable) there are plenty of >editors that look-and-feel like emacs but don't come with the enormous >bulk and X dependancies. Use one of these instead; I recommend jove. That's fine. I've never used jove. I use gnu emacs 99.999% of the time normally, and I don't want to have to keep shifting mental gears. If jove looks&feels like emacs, that would be fine by me... To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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