[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Aahz) writes: > Use vim. 80% of the power of emacs at 20% of the learning curve.
Hmm. Can I read mail/news/web pages in vim? I can in emacs. Emacs is a computing environment. I read mail and news in it, so I don't have to worry about learning some applications custom editor (ok, a good MUA/newsreader will invoke my favorite editor - but that's Emacs, so why bother). I use emacs for the heavy lifting. vi is adequate, and I use it for editing things as root. Every once and a while I'll start an emacs as root, but I do try to avoid that. For quick edits (as either root or me) I use ex. I can't get past ed not having a prompt. <mike -- Mike Meyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more information. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list