From: clolson@me.umn.edu (Curt L. Olson (Admin)) Subject: Re: Word Processor for Linux (lout) Date: Thu, 30 Sep 1993 12:44:45 GMT
muts@compi.hobby.nl (Peter Mutsaers) writes:
>>> On 28 Sep 93 12:47:08 GMT, ellis@nova.gmi.edu (R. Stewart Ellis)
>>> said:
> RSE> Since joe, jove and emacs are all insert-mode editors that understand
> RSE> ^F,^B,^N,^P,^A and ^E, I would arrange them like:
> RSE> vi--elvis-----vile-----------------------joe-------------jove---------emacs
>Judging by insert-mode and some keybindings (which can be completely
>changed anyways in GNU emacs) I think this view is rather simplistic.
>A better arrangement is:
> -------GNU-emacs-------
> joe-------------jove---
> vi--elvis-----vile-----
>GNU-emacs is of an other order than the rest, with its M-x compile,
>the Grand Unified Debugger, tags, ange-ftp, complete configurability
>and reprogrammability, so that you can emulate any of the editors that
>are more down to earth.
>Some may think it is nonsense to read mail and news from within an
>'editor', but the same set of keybindings everywhere, and complete
>integration with the editor is a great blessing.
I prefer the following arrangement:
Operating Systems: ------Linux-------
------Emacs-------
...
...
Editors: -joe-jove-vi-elvis-vile--
:)
Curt.