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Email Editors
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lugnet.off-topic.fun
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Sun, 4 Oct 1998 00:36:09 GMT
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mattdm@mattdm.org (Matthew Miller) writes:
> Joe is a *nix text editor which uses Wordstar-like commands. Great for those
> of us with those ^K things ingrained in our heads from childhood.
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> And FAR more powerful than pico. Ohmigod. Anything is more powerful than
> pico. :)
Sounds cool. How does it compare to Emacs in powerfulness? (I've never
used either, but demos I've seen of Emacs underwhelmed me from the
complexities of Ctrl-this Ctrl-that.)
I like both pico and vi but it would be great to have something that could
"obsolete" both of them in my typing world.
--Todd
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| (...) It is my opinion that nothing can possibly compare to Emacs in powerfulness. True, Emacs has a very steep learning curve, especially for novice users. But when you've properly learnt to use Emacs, you're never gonna switch to anything else. If (...) (26 years ago, 4-Oct-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| (...) It's not nearly as powerful as emacs -- it doesn't have any scripting capabilities (that I am aware of, at least). If I didn't already know the wordstare commands, I probably wouldn't use it. When I first started getting into Linux/Unix, I (...) (26 years ago, 4-Oct-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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| (...) Sproaticus? Wasn't he the famous gladiator who led the slave revolt in Italy around 70-something BC? Played by Kirk Cameron in a movie version, I believe? (26 years ago, 7-Oct-98, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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