[Sussex] A beginner's guide to GNU/Linux

[Nico Kadel-Garcia]

Paul Tansom wrote:
> ** end quote [Geoff Teale]
>
> One of these days I really ought to try Emacs. So far my experience is
> basically starting it, then opening a new terminal and using ps to
> identify the process id to kill ;) I have been told the quite commands
> in the past, but never remember them.
>
> I guess starging my *nix life with vi gave it a bit of an advantage,
> otherwise I'd likely be as lost in that as I am with Emacs. The
> keybindings also seem to fit quite nicely with Mutt, which probably
> helped me switch from my first *nix mail client of Pine (can't stand
> that now!).
>
> Anyhoo..
Oh, it has some useful tools in it. I like it's ideas about 
auto-indentation,which I find consistent and legible. But it's not good 
for your hands. Richard Stallman's hands are basically ruined, for example.