clipka <ano### [at] anonymousorg> wrote:
> Darren New schrieb:
> > Yet everything I've heard, people like it much better after actually
> > using it for a day.
>
> It's a PITA though if your main job involves only occasional use of
> Office, and you have the old stuff at home... That sucks.
>
> >> That's why I prefer vi and emacs:  solid, well-grounded 30+ years
> >> interface
> >> design... ;)
>
> Yuck^2 !
>
> You can only learn to love *that* interface if you're locked up in a
> room with no more than a Linux computer locked down in such a way that
> the only way of interacting with the outside world is via the vi
> interface - for a *month* at least!

It was an obvious joke. :)

In any case, I learned vi(m) about 4 years ago and decided to drop emacs
altogether.  It's an incredibly full-featured and easy editor once you get past
the initial fear.  Specially when combined with ctags.

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