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Re: EMACS ??? <---> VI !!!

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From: Peter Mutsaers
Date: Thu, 30 May 1991 21:18
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ury@mosque.huji.ac.il (ury segal) writes:


>Look. EMACS is too complex. I tryed to find How to get the current line
>number for 1/4 hour And I couldn't. SO I USE VI !  _Much_ better for me
>right now. And emacs don't let me use my mouse (I'm running X), and epoch
>let me, but not on the standart way.
>I know that EMACS is great, have meny meny features. SO WHAT. I can't
>use them easily.

No problem. It depends on what you do. If you do only simple things, you don;t
need a complex editor whith many features. But if you write programs often
it sure is worthwhile to spend 1 full day reading and practicing the entire
manual. By the way the mouse can be used for sure, but you must have
emacs in an X-window, not in an xterm.

>--ury
>(By the way, How you get the current line number ?) 

No idea :-) Never needed that until now. But look in the glossary of the
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