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Article #3439Re: Shutdown: EMACS vs. vi
From: T. Moody
Date: Mon, 03 Jun 1991 16:29
Date: Mon, 03 Jun 1991 16:29
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In article <1991Jun2.075649.3512@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu> ury@cosmos.huji.ac.il (ury segal) writes:
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>Let's stop the war. I steel don't need the great features of EMACS, and
>if your'e writing books of papers - EMACS is much better. I'm a
>programmer. I don't wont to write "what-line" (9 keystrokes). Ofcourse
>you can write lisp-like script to make it ^G. but this is not simple
>as writing "what-line". after all, Most of the time I'm thinking, not
>writing, and if I have to correct erorrs, It's only 1 char or 1 func.
If you don't need all the features of GNU Emacs, you might consider a
simpler version, such as MicroEmacs.
Furthermore, in MicroEmacs you can find out what line you're on in two
keystrokes: CTRL-X = And ESC-G for "go-to-line" is no chore, either.
--
Todd Moody * tmoody@sjuphil.sju.edu
"In what furnace was thy brain?" -- William Blake
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!unix.cis.pitt.edu!dsinc!bagate!sjuphil!tmoody From: tmoody@sjuphil.uucp (T. Moody) Newsgroups: comp.emacs Subject: Re: Shutdown: EMACS vs. vi Message-ID: <1991Jun3.162944.13085@sjuphil.uucp> Date: 3 Jun 91 16:29:44 GMT References: <1991Jun2.075649.3512@bronze.ucs.indiana.edu> Reply-To: tmoody@sjuphil.UUCP (T. Moody) Organization: Saint Joseph's University Lines: 18