Date: Thu, 20 Feb 1997 08:50:17 +0000 From: Robin Melville <robmel@innotts.co.uk> To: Stephen McKay <syssgm@devetir.qld.gov.au>, Eivind Eklund <eivind@dimaga.com> Cc: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org, syssgm@devetir.qld.gov.au Subject: Re: text editors Message-ID: <l03010d00af31c08c8d1d@[194.176.130.81]> In-Reply-To: <199702200731.RAA09392@ogre.devetir.qld.gov.au>
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At 5:31 pm +1000 20/2/97, Stephen McKay wrote: >Eivind Eklund <eivind@dimaga.com> wrote: > >>(Emacs does close to everything, but has a user interface with a steep >>learning and retaining-curve. If you start using the features you'll be >>addicted and never be able to change to anything else. You'll be >>frustrated about the things it does badly (which exist), but won't be able >>to change to anything else.) > >Wow! This is the same way I feel about vi (addicted, never switch, >frustrated by the stupid bits). Tried emacs once, but the weight of all >those extra bits on my hard disk made my PC lopsided and it fell of the >desk! :-) > Is it true as rumoured that emacs stands for Eight Megabytes and Continues to Swap? Rob. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Robin Melville, Addiction Information Services Nottingham Alcohol & Drug Team Tel: +44 (0)115 952 9478 Fax: +44 (0)115 952 9421 work: robmel@nadt.org.uk home: robmel@innotts.co.uk Pages: http://www.innotts.co.uk/~robmel (home page) http://www.innotts.co.uk/nadt (substance misuse pages) ----------------------------------------------------------------------
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