From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: ken Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Hard to switch from vi Date: Mon, 09 Oct 2006 05:58:07 -0400 Message-ID: <452A1D2F.9030601@speakeasy.net> References: <45299CB0.5090003@speakeasy.net> <4529A0E4.60403@charter.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1160387972 29254 80.91.229.2 (9 Oct 2006 09:59:32 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 9 Oct 2006 09:59:32 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Mon Oct 09 11:59:29 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GWrur-0003cU-5x for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 09 Oct 2006 11:59:21 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GWruq-0003A1-AR for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Mon, 09 Oct 2006 05:59:20 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1GWruC-00038K-Kz for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 09 Oct 2006 05:58:40 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1GWruA-00037J-Qj for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 09 Oct 2006 05:58:40 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1GWruA-00036q-A4 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 09 Oct 2006 05:58:38 -0400 Original-Received: from [69.17.117.10] (helo=mail8.sea5.speakeasy.net) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA:32) (Exim 4.52) id 1GWs1g-0000kz-P6 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Mon, 09 Oct 2006 06:06:24 -0400 Original-Received: (qmail 2979 invoked from network); 9 Oct 2006 09:58:36 -0000 Original-Received: from dsl093-011-017.cle1.dsl.speakeasy.net (HELO [192.168.0.27]) (gebser@[66.93.11.17]) (envelope-sender ) by mail8.sea5.speakeasy.net (qmail-ldap-1.03) with AES256-SHA encrypted SMTP for ; 9 Oct 2006 09:58:35 -0000 User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.7 (X11/20060911) Original-To: GNU Emacs List In-Reply-To: <4529A0E4.60403@charter.net> X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:37915 Archived-At: Wen Weng wrote: > Thanks for taking the time to answer my questions. > > I at least want to learn some basic emacs skills to see where my > interest will lead me to... > > So far, my understanding is that emacs takes more key strokes on the > average to accomplish same purposes. It bothers me a little at this point. > > .... First, I don't know of any comparison of the number of keystrokes. Secondly, other things are much more important. -- In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes an act of rebellion. --George Orwell