Giant grin!
On 02/21/2011 02:15 PM, Tim Johnson wrote:
> * 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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