[Sussex] Vi?

[Mark Harrison]

Gavin,

I have to admit, I don't think I've ever used X emacs.

This ages me - my use of emacs predates the availability of X on the Sun
platform :-)

M.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gavin Stevens" <starshine at gavmusic.uklinux.net>
To: "LUG email list for the Sussex Counties" <sussex at mailman.lug.org.uk>
Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 2004 12:30 AM
Subject: Re: [Sussex] Vi?


> On Mon, 26 Jul 2004 09:36:40 +0100
> Angelo Servini <Angelo.Servini at claybrook.co.uk> wrote:
>
> > Now here's the question.  Now .. now .. no flaming please!
> >
> > Which is better, Vi or Emacs?
>
> I'm not in a position to debate the "which text editor" question in
> depth, but there have been plenty of occasions when I've been grateful
> to have Vi around - notably after upgrading, when X won't work, Vi comes
> in handy to edit those files & get the show on the road again.