Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!nbires!ncar!noao!arizona!lm From: lm@arizona.edu (Larry McVoy) Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions Subject: Re: vi vs emacs in a student environment Message-ID: <6056@megaron.arizona.edu> Date: 30 Jun 88 01:22:57 GMT References: <399@cantuar.UUCP> <11418@steinmetz.ge.com> Reply-To: lm@megaron.arizona.edu (Larry McVoy) Organization: U of Arizona CS Dept, Tucson Lines: 11 In article <11418@steinmetz.ge.com> davidsen@crdos1.UUCP (bill davidsen) writes: >In article <399@cantuar.UUCP> paul@cantuar.UUCP (P. Ashton) writes: >| 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 As a consultant I'll volunteer the following advice: don't get people used to emacs. Please. Why? Because emacs is available on "some" unix machines. Vi is available on almost all unix machines. Old habits die hard, so I think it's better to start people out with something they can stay with... -- Larry McVoy laidbak!lm@sun.com 1-800-LAI-UNIX x286