On Fri, Jun 01, 2001 at 10:02:22AM -0400, Alan Shutko wrote: | D-Man <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: | | > Naw, (g)vim is much better <wink> | > | > (I have tried emacs, and that is my conclusion, now go make your own | > after trying both) | | Sure... does (g)vim include Tetris? Or a text adventure? Or a shrink | to help your mind cope with the constant mode changes?
If I want to play tetris, I'll play tetris. If I want to write code I'll use a text editor <grin>. ((g)vim does come with hanoi and life, btw, but I haven't tried them). If I want to read mail I'll use a MUA (mutt). If I want to mess with my filesystem I'll use a shell. The mode changes aren't a problem once you use it for a while -- it comes naturally. Just ilke pressing Esc half a dozen times per command comes naturally to you <wink>. | How anyone could tolerate something as unuseful as vim is beyond me. I think it is very useful. Obviously this is a biased opinion :-). Another great side effect of using (g)vim is the vastly shorter startup time. Can emacs on a floppy (including all the syntax highlighting I actually use) to take to less fortunate machines (usually windoze boxen^H^H^H^H^Hpaperweights)? Can you extend emacs with Python code? (or Perl or Tcl if you prefer?) (and no, vim can't be extended with elisp AFAIK :-)) (I'm just teasing you, while possibly providing some truthful information for other users who don't know the varying featuresets) -D
