There is only one editor and its name is Emacs

Submitted by Roland on Sun, 2005-11-06 17:20

As I have said before, there is only one editor and it's emacs I've tried to shake the Emacs addiction but I can't. It's scary to think I've used Emacs for 15 years and vi for over 20!

From Emacs OS Xplosion.:

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OS X has been with us for a few years now, and Emacs has been coming along slowly and surely. We must have hit some sort of a tipping point, and there are a whole lot of people working on the problem; the result is that life is getting better and better for the Emacs tribe. This piece opens with a brief sermon on why, if you%u2019re not already using Emacs, you might want to check it out; and then surveys the state of play and the multiple interesting emacses that are out there.

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Rick Blaiklock (not verified)

Sun, 2005-11-06 18:49

vi for over 20 years. Are we that old? WatBot rules!!

...rick

jeffg (not verified)

Sun, 2005-11-06 19:03

au contraire, emacs is a perfectly fine operating system, but as a text editor it's not that great =)

Besides, all the cool kids are using Subethaedit or Komodo these days.

Roland Tanglao (not verified)

Sun, 2005-11-06 19:10

yes rick we are that old 1984 (when we did Watbot and started using vi on Ultrix, right)-2005 = 21 years actually and jeffg: it is a great OS :-) I use Subethaedit only at conferences :-) !

A Nony Mouse (not verified)

Mon, 2005-11-07 10:06

Consider getting an ergonomic keyboard to reduce carpel tunnel injuries if you use emacs.

Different generations of people started out with different editors and by and large stuck with them. I never got into emacs but have learned and stayed with vi ever since university in the mid-late 80's.

Many of my younger co-workers think I'm weird because I prefer to do things from the command line rather than using GUI based tools.

http://unix.t-a-y-l-o-r.com/Vi.html

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