Re: Does anyone really use emacs in terminal?

[Steven Degutis]

So, I was going to link to certain xkcd comics that this thread
reminded me of, to point out the vanity of these excessive concerns
over security.

But then I clicked to the next comic. And the next. Each one evoked a
more keen sense of existential futility than the last. So I asked
myself, "really, what's the point in replying?"

True story.

On Wed, May 8, 2013 at 3:51 PM, Nicolas Richard
<theonewiththeevillook@yahoo.fr> wrote:
> Bob Proulx <bob@proulx.com> writes:
>> I disagree.  There is nothing wrong with it.  It is no different than:
>>
>>   # emacs -nw
>
> I would not do that either, not only because emacs is a huge beast which
> can have bugs, but most importantly because I don't trust myself in not
> doing anything harmful inadvertantly after some time [*]. Anyway we can
> agree to disagree (and/or continue off list if you wish). I simply
> wanted to point out the existence of sudoedit which I found a very smart
> idea when I discovered it.
>
> [*] I sometimes wish I could use some programs as separate users and
> only when needed give one of them the right on a given set of
> files/directories. Unfortunately my skills are too limited to be able to
> use such a setup (and it's overkill compared to the very limited
> security I enforce in other areas on my computer). But if anyone reading
> this has hints on how to achive that setup or anything similar,
> suggestions are very welcome and my mailbox is open.
>
> --
> Nico.
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