[Gllug] ed vs emacs/vi, was: ed vs emacs, was: OpenMoko Neo Freerunner

Nix nix at esperi.org.uk
Fri May 15 11:56:56 UTC 2009


On 13 May 2009, Peter Corlett verbalised:

> On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 11:11:32AM +0100, Rich Walker wrote:
> [...]
>> Yes, yes it does, but then it takes over the entire terminal, which means
>> I need to open another one...
>
> Alternatively, learn how to use Unix job control. It's one of those things
> you need to know in order to be an efficient shell user.

That is not how one uses Emacs. vi, yes, but Emacs takes over the terminal
and then you run shells *inside* it.
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