[Novalug] vi help, please

[Deepan Chakravarthy]

so what is your take on emacs ?




On Fri, Dec 25, 2009 at 9:19 AM, Alan Grimes <agrimes at speakeasy.net> wrote:

> There is only one piece of advice for using vi, that's DON'T.
>
> vi is remarkable in that it actually appears to damage people's brains.
> People who use vi, think that it is the epitome of usability, and then
> they go on to develop the rest of the software you see on a linux
> system. That's why linux sucks. =(
>
> Good non-brain dammaging editors include nano and kwrite, both will do
> everything you need. If you want to see how an editor should work, come
> over to my place and I'll show you E for IBM PC-DOS 7.0. For reasons
> that defy all common sense, it will STILL humiliate every other editor
> in use today.
>
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> DO NOT BUY OBAMACARE.
> Powers are not rights.
>
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