* Christopher Howard <christopher.howard@frigidcode.com> [110221 11:50]:
> On 02/20/11 22:03, Jim wrote:
> > http://www.infoworld.com/t/unix/nine-traits-the-veteran-unix-admin-276
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> Interesting, except his analysis of vim vs. emacs was a boat-load of
> rubbish. The fundamental difference between the two is not core
> functionality, but how commands are entered. (Which is, in the end,
> really just a matter of preference.)
I'm with you there... A lot of oneupmanship nonsense.
> Yes, emacs has some more "bloat" than vim, but they are for the most
> part comparable as far as provided functionality. There are also
> minimalistic clones of emacs like OpenBSD's mg or Gnu's Zile.
I had used emacs extensively at one time. (I had more fingers
then) Customization was an easy fit for me at that time 'cuz
I have a background in lispish languages. But vim won out for
agility and less verbose scripting approaches.
> /me ducks behind flame-retardant bunker wall.
The Marines are comin' ...
"""
The wannabe geekmeister said to me:
'run slack, use vim, code in perl and you will get lots of dates'
My wife said to me:
'no perl'
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