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

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From: Jens Emmerich
Date: Sun, 23 Jun 1996 00:00

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>>>>> "J." == Jianlin Chang <changj@jeff-lab@queensu.ca> writes:

    J.> I am considering learning emacs after using vi for a long
    J.> time. Is the time spend on learning really worth the benefits
    J.> of emacs vs vi? 

If you want to use emacs `only' for the same tasks as vi, better stay
with vi.  Emacs is more a unified working environment.  You have to
change more things than just the way you edit files.  But if you do,
it could be worth it, depending on your needs.

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Jens Emmerich, Paul Scherrer Institut, CH-5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland

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From: "Jens Emmerich" <jens.emmerich@psi.ch>
Subject: Re: is it really worth the time to go from vi to emacs?
Date: 1996/06/23
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