On Sat, Jul 6, 2013 at 4:36 AM, Cameron Simpson <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:cs@zip.com.au" target="_blank">cs@zip.com.au</a>></span> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
While I started with vi just slightly before encountering emacs<br>
(mid-to-late 1980s, both), my main trouble with choosing emacs was<br>
the heavy use of control keys. Vi's modal nature means that in<br>
"edit" mode, all the keystrokes are available as edit controls.<br>
Emacs' modeless nature means that all the edit controls must be<br>
control-this and meta/escape-that.<br>
<br>
For this reason, I often expand EMACS as Escape Meta Alt Control Shift.<br>
<br></blockquote><div><br>Yes...<br>The fact that rms has crippling RSI should indicate that emacs' ergonomics is not right.<br> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
I'm a vi user. Once I mastered "hit ESC by reflex when you pause<br>
typing an insert" I was never confused above which mode I was in.<br>
<br>
And now my fingers know vi.<br>
<div class="im"><br></div></blockquote><div><br>Yes...<br>vi: (n) A program that has two modes, one in which it beeps and the other in which it corrupts your file :-)<br> <br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div class="im">
Cheers,<br>
--<br>
Cameron Simpson <<a href="mailto:cs@zip.com.au">cs@zip.com.au</a>><br>
<br>
</div>A novice of the temple once approached the Chief Priest with a question.<br>
<br>
"Master, does Emacs have the Buddha nature?" the novice asked.<br>
<br>
The Chief Priest had been in the temple for many years and could be relied<br>
upon to know these things. He thought for several minutes before replying.<br>
<br>
"I don't see why not. It's got bloody well everything else."<br>
<br>
With that, the Chief Priest went to lunch. The novice suddenly achieved<br>
enlightenment, several years later.<br>
<br>
Commentary:<br>
<br>
His Master is kind,<br>
Answering his FAQ quickly,<br>
With thought and sarcasm.<br><span class="HOEnZb"></span><br>
</blockquote></div><br>Heard somewhere: Emacs is my operating system and linux is its device driver.<br><br>No I dont belong to that camp -- Actually I am quite dissatisfied with emacs nowadays... Keep trying eclipse and getting repulsed by the gorilla.<br>
<br>Philosophy being this: What functional programming is to program-semantics, fast-branching (as in git) is to program-source[1]. To complete the trinity, one needs semi-automated refactoring.<br>The first I can do in my sleep; the second still noob-status, the third yet to start!<br>
<br>[1] Not necessarily source-code See <a href="http://blog.vctr.me/posts/why-you-should-learn-git.html">http://blog.vctr.me/posts/why-you-should-learn-git.html</a><br>