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Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Extension language
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Stephen J. Turnbull |
Subject: |
Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Extension language |
Date: |
Fri, 17 Oct 2003 13:49:37 +0900 |
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Gnus/5.1002 (Gnus v5.10.2) XEmacs/21.4 (Portable Code, linux) |
>>>>> "Joshua" == Joshua Haberman <address@hidden> writes:
>> I mean, if writing extensions came naturally to them, wouldn't
>> they be Emacs users instead?
Joshua> There are a lot of other factors that influence an Emacs
Joshua> vs. Vim preference. After using Vim for a while I tried
Joshua> to like Emacs but I was so used to Vim's modality that
Joshua> having to hit CTRL-foo to do anything drove me crazy.
Precisely. vim does exactly what you need, and no more. No need for
control-foo, and little room for extensions to coexist with standard
features in the UI. Different culture.
Joshua> I also like vim's snappier startup time,
Again, a different culture. My Emacs processes don't have "startup
time" in any practical sense, it's part of system boot. (XEmacs
in fact can be used as a login shell.)
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- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] tla-pqm 0.2, (continued)
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] tla-pqm 0.2, Tom Lord, 2003/10/17
- [Gnu-arch-users] Extension language, Mark A. Flacy, 2003/10/16
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Extension language, Colin Walters, 2003/10/16
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Extension language, David Brown, 2003/10/16
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Extension language, Colin Walters, 2003/10/16
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Extension language, Tom Lord, 2003/10/17
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Extension language, Colin Walters, 2003/10/17
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Extension language, Stephen J. Turnbull, 2003/10/16
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Extension language, Joshua Haberman, 2003/10/17
- [Gnu-arch-users] Re: Extension language, Miles Bader, 2003/10/17
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Extension language,
Stephen J. Turnbull <=
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Extension language, David Brown, 2003/10/17
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Extension language, Paul Hedderly, 2003/10/17
- [Gnu-arch-users] (even further offtopic) emacs keybindings, Colin Walters, 2003/10/17
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Extension language, David Brown, 2003/10/17
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Extension language, Colin Walters, 2003/10/17
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Extension language, Tom Lord, 2003/10/17
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Extension language, Stephen J. Turnbull, 2003/10/21
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Extension language, Stephen J. Turnbull, 2003/10/17
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Extension language, Tom Lord, 2003/10/17
- Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Extension language, Joshua Haberman, 2003/10/17