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Why not Emacs? (Score:3, Insightful)
Re:Why not Emacs? (Score:2)
Well I'm usually pretty fast at learning stuff. I tried to get to work with emacs three times (including last week). After two hours I can vaguely remember how to get around and do a few basic things. The next day it's gone no matter what.
It simply won't get in. Whoever's idea that is of a usable interface doesn't come from my planet :)
-- Robin Berjon [berjon.com]
Re:Why not Emacs? (Score:2)
Yes, Emacs takes a bit to get familar. But once you're there... it's an amazing tool.
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Re:Why not Emacs? (Score:2)
Well I picked up Perl a *lot* faster ;) I don't doubt that it may be an amazing tool, I just don't happen to have three spare weeks with nothing else to do :-/ A text editor should be easy to pick up. I don't care if I have to struggle to fine tune it later, but the basics should be so that at least I can start using it before I know more.
And that's how it differs from Perl: "baby emacs" is already way too hard.
-- Robin Berjon [berjon.com]
Re:Why not Emacs? (Score:2)
- ask (emacs user)
-- ask bjoern hansen [askbjoernhansen.com], !try; do();
Re:Why not Emacs? (Score:2)
Yes, I can use vi(m), but I have other reasons for disliking it ;) I guess I'll just wait for Trolltech to release Qt/Mac (any minute now) and see if that's enough to get Kate working...
-- Robin Berjon [berjon.com]