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cheezus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-26-04 09:10 AM
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Poll question: emacs or vi?
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lilymidnite Donating Member (330 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-26-04 09:13 AM
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1. Student: Tell me Teacher ...
Does emacs have the Buddha nature?

Teacher: It must, it has everything else ...
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trotsky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-26-04 09:17 AM
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2. How can vi not be winning?
emacs sucks!
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cheezus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-26-04 09:49 AM
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9. you need to press control-r :: control-f control-meta-c then enter enter
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Tandalayo_Scheisskopf Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-26-04 09:28 AM
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3. OMG!
Not here! Think of the children!
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DBoon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-26-04 09:32 AM
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4. what no gedit option?
for the gnomes out there (not to be confused with trolls)
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mrboba1 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-26-04 09:33 AM
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5. vi rocks!
I've never even used emacs...
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arwalden Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-26-04 09:35 AM
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6. vi Is Okay... Once You Get The Hang Of It
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terrya Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-26-04 09:40 AM
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7. vi is the best. Very easy to use.
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meegbear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-26-04 09:45 AM
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8. prefer vi cuz ....
it's part of the default UNIX install, so it should be there.
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trotsky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-26-04 09:57 AM
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10. Yes, that's one of the reasons I like it too.
Good old reliable vi.
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Hawkeye-X Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-26-04 10:05 AM
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11. I voted for vi
although I prefer pico.

Hawkeye-X
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cheezus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-26-04 10:14 AM
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12. emacs -- the choice of a GNU generation
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Nocturnes Donating Member (114 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-26-04 01:57 PM
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13. Vi(M)
although I prefer nano over everything
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St. Jarvitude Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-26-04 04:48 PM
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14. Um- - I use kate mostly
Being a KDE-head and all.

If I'm ever stuck in terminal land, it's vim all the way, baby. Emacs is a bloated, complicated pile of monkey turds.
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Aug-26-04 04:50 PM
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15. I hear good things about Kate. Gotta try it someday. (nt)
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