Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!husc6!cs.utexas.edu!ut-sally!ut-emx!chpf127 From: chpf127@ut-emx.UUCP (J. Eaton) Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions Subject: Re: vi vs emacs in a student environment Summary: versatility a plus, obviously. Message-ID: <4035@ut-emx.UUCP> Date: 9 Jul 88 03:46:33 GMT References: <399@cantuar.UUCP> <11418@steinmetz.ge.com> <6056@megaron.arizona.edu> <12371@mimsy.UUCP> Organization: The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas Lines: 28 In article <12371@mimsy.UUCP>, chris@mimsy.UUCP (Chris Torek) writes: > I use both. Daily. I also use ed and ex (less frequently). I can > get by in GNU Emacs (my regular Emacs is `Torek Emacs', largely based > on Unipress Emacs), WordStar, and EDT. So what? Deletes ed and ex and add edlin (well, I've used it a litte ... I'm sorry, ok?) and microEmacs to the "I can get by in" section and you've got the editors I use/can sort of use. All have advantages/disadvantages. I personally dislike vi because I'm always doing things in the wrong mode and ending up in a mess. I also dislike emacs because there are a lot of things to remember. But I like vi for the regular expressions, and I like emacs for the more sane command structure. I actually use EDT more than either, because it's simple and fast, and I work with VM$ most of the time (unless I'm wasting time with news :-). > Obviously, every student should learn every editor on every system > around :-) . Obviously, it does have advantages. Besides, I can tell everyone that while I don't know all the editors Chris Torek does, I hope to someday. > In-Real-Life: Chris Torek, Univ of MD Comp Sci Dept (+1 301 454 7163) J. Eaton UT Department of Chemical Engineering I have no real life, I'm living in a fantasy world of computers all the time.