Re: is it really worth the time to go from vi to emacs?

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From: Andreas Schwab
Date: Fri, 28 Jun 1996 00:00

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In article <u2688eftev.fsf@wowbagger.torolab.ibm.com>, sailesh@wowbagger.torolab.ibm.com (Saileshwar Krishnamurthy) writes:

|>>>>>> "Andries" == Andries Kruithof <kruithof@horten.geco-prakla.slb.com> writes:
|Andries> The biggest problem I had was indeed finding out this
|Andries> handful of commands which are essential. Maybe this is a
|Andries> good question for the FAQ: what are the basic commands
|Andries> one needs to know, before one can use emacs?

|> I think the tutorial is really helpful here. I have converted 4
|> people to date, and I always started out by setting up their
|> environment and making them go through the tutorial. Once that's
|> done it's a  breeze.

Or just print out the reference card.
-- 
Andreas Schwab                                      "And now for something
schwab@issan.informatik.uni-dortmund.de              completely different"

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From: schwab@lamothe.informatik.uni-dortmund.de (Andreas Schwab)
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Date: 1996/06/28
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