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EDitor wars (lemmy.sdf.org)

submitted 2 years ago by ssm@lemmy.sdf.org to c/programmerhumor@lemmy.ml

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[–] mumblerfish@lemmy.world 71 points 2 years ago (3 children)

For everyone who has not already, this is so worth a read: https://www.gnu.org/fun/jokes/ed-msg.html

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[–] burrito82@feddit.de 21 points 2 years ago*

Thank you. I had not read that before. The novice's first steps are just wonderful.

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[–] themusicman@lemmy.world 21 points 2 years ago

"WYGIWYG" - love it

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[–] Korne127@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

This is awesome. But one question as I'm not so familiar with emacs: Why do they punish someone when trying to use emacs but not vi? Why do you see emacs as something works?

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[–] mumblerfish@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago

Not sure, but I think emacs at least used to have a reputation as a resourse hog and bloated. So maybe that?

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