Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!cantuar!paul From: paul@cantuar.UUCP (P. Ashton) Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions Subject: vi vs emacs in a student environment Message-ID: <399@cantuar.UUCP> Date: 27 Jun 88 23:58:33 GMT Organization: Comp Sci, Canterbury Univ., Christchurch, New Zealand Lines: 19 We are in the middle of deciding which editor to teach students next year, and are looking at vi and emacs. We have a couple of questions (i) we have heard emacs is somewhat resource hungry. What experiences do people have with students using emacs with regard to resource use (environment GNU emacs on a Vax 11/750 running 4.3BSD, and on sun 3/50s and 3/60s). (ii) is vi available for VMS (if so what are the details)? Please reply by email - I will post a summary. Paul Ashton. -- Internet(ish): paul@cantuar.{uucp,nz} JANET/SPEARNET: p.ashton@nz.ac.canty UUCP: ...!{watmath,munnari,mcvax,...!uunet!vuwcomp}!cantuar!paul NZ Telecom: Office: +64 3 667 001 x6350 NZ Post: University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand