POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.off-topic : Emacs : Re: Emacs Server Time
29 Sep 2024 22:19:56 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Emacs  
From: nemesis
Date: 18 Apr 2009 02:13:20
Message: <49e96f80@news.povray.org>
Jim Henderson wrote:
> On Fri, 17 Apr 2009 16:17:58 -0700, Darren New wrote:
> 
>> Warp wrote:
>>>   Never having used vi, it's just almost impossible to use for
>>>   anything.
>> The commands are definitely unintuitive. The modal interface is hard to
>> understand if you don't know about it.
> 
> I find vi to be completely intuitive.
> 
> :/s/find/replace/g = globally replace "find" with "replace"
> 
> :q
> 
> Quit
> 
> :q!
> 
> Forced quit
> 
> :w
> 
> Write
> 
> :w!
> 
> Forced write

completely intuitive for a seasoned ed user. ;)

You know what is not intuitive either?  A Boeing user interface.  Yet, 
it'll get you farther and faster than your intuitive bicycle. :)


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