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Old 09-06-2004, 05:24 PM   #1
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VI vs. Emacs

/me grins =P

For me, its all about what youre doing. If its long (A book), emacs. If its just a quick change (Config file), vi.

lets hear it.
 
Old 09-06-2004, 05:32 PM   #2
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http://www.linuxquestions.org/questi...hreadid=211196
 
Old 09-06-2004, 05:35 PM   #3
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Well, IMHO nano is easier to use than either of them... but I'm not that acustomed to emacs, and I haven't tried vi
 
Old 09-06-2004, 05:41 PM   #4
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Quote:
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roar. Well mines better =(
 
Old 09-06-2004, 05:49 PM   #5
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woah wtf is going on?

I _am_ x12344321....

ah... roar. im using the wrong browser...
 
Old 09-06-2004, 05:52 PM   #6
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lol
 
Old 09-06-2004, 09:58 PM   #7
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There is nothing left to argue about. The fabulous e3 editor

http://freshmeat.net/projects/e3/

will emulate both vi and emacs, as well as WordStar and a couple of others and is only a 7K binary (with no library dependencies). It's so small, if you forget where it is on your hard disk, you will never find it again.
 
Old 09-06-2004, 10:21 PM   #8
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vim

for writting code, vi lets you fly
 
Old 09-07-2004, 07:35 AM   #9
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Am gonna check out e3.... sounds cool
 
  


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