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[ILUG] Re: new WM - optical mice - vi vs. emacs

[ILUG] Re: new WM - optical mice - vi vs. emacs

John P. Looney valen at redbrick.dcu.ie
Fri Apr 23 16:09:59 IST 1999


On Fri, Apr 23, 1999 at 01:58:11PM +0100, p.dempsey at elab.ie mentioned:
> On Thu, Apr 22, 1999 at 01:43:58PM +0000, Donncha O Caoimh mentioned:
> > Have you seen the new Window Maker? It has a nice logo saying what
> > workspace you
> What version of WM are you talking about?

 0.53.0 - out yesterday...ish.

> Kate said:
> >Next thing they will start pushing the light pen or something.
> Remember when light pens were cool?

 Nope. I was born in the 70s....

> Vi vs Emacs:
> I have not used Emacs enough to know wether I like it or not. For script
> editing I use vim. I even use it in W95 just for fun.

 XEmacs kicks ass. It has Vi emulation for some sick reason. It's not Vim
though (I'm one of those who hate vi, love emacs, prefer Vim, and spent
money on Slickedit).

Kate

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