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EDitor wars (lemmy.sdf.org)

submitted 3 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 72 points 3 months ago (3 children)

For everyone who has not already, this is so worth a read: https://www.gnu.org/fun/jokes/ed-msg.html

[–] [email protected] 21 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Thank you. I had not read that before. The novice's first steps are just wonderful.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 3 months ago

"WYGIWYG" - love it

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

This is awesome. But one question as I'm not so familiar with emacs: Why do they punish someone when trying to use emacs but not vi? Why do you see emacs as something works?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 months ago

Not sure, but I think emacs at least used to have a reputation as a resourse hog and bloated. So maybe that?