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

Nix nix at esperi.org.uk
Fri May 15 12:23:28 UTC 2009


On 13 May 2009, tethys at gmail.com stated:

> On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 6:19 PM, general_email at technicalbloke.com
> <general_email at technicalbloke.com> wrote:
>
>> You've hit the nail on the head with "many many years". I guess if you
>> don't mind it taking many many years these tools can become very fast to
>> use,but I've got to wonder, for your average user, would these eventual
>> time savings ever offset the time lost at the start?
>
> Yes, many times over.

That depends. If 'your average user' doesn't edit text much, probably
not.

For techies? *Definitely*.
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