From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Jai Dayal Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Does anyone really use emacs in terminal? Date: Thu, 9 May 2013 15:27:00 -0400 Message-ID: References: <0b72021c-139f-4269-8e81-5b5ef97fb83d@googlegroups.com> <8761yu64e4.fsf@Servus.decebal.nl> <87r4higq45.fsf@gmail.com> <87ip2tyftv.fsf@yahoo.fr> <20130508155351.GA5399@hysteria.proulx.com> <87obclrrb9.fsf@kuiper.lan.informatimago.com> <25153223-A058-4762-A1FC-7744472B958A@Web.DE> <2A25C277-7CBD-47DC-8954-67D0C2A87009@web.de> <5D59EB28-D184-4012-9AFE-0EC0A968A559@web.de> <87ppx0ota3.fsf@wanadoo.es> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1368127638 16982 80.91.229.3 (9 May 2013 19:27:18 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 9 May 2013 19:27:18 +0000 (UTC) Cc: help-gnu-emacs To: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?=D3scar_Fuentes?= Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu May 09 21:27:16 2013 Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1UaWUk-0005k7-Fk for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 09 May 2013 21:27:14 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:45454 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UaWUj-0005gp-Tc for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 09 May 2013 15:27:13 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:60246) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UaWUY-0005gZ-Sn for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 09 May 2013 15:27:04 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UaWUX-0004A1-CL for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 09 May 2013 15:27:02 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-ie0-x233.google.com ([2607:f8b0:4001:c03::233]:39658) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UaWUX-00049w-5X for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 09 May 2013 15:27:01 -0400 Original-Received: by mail-ie0-f179.google.com with SMTP id c13so6165617ieb.24 for ; Thu, 09 May 2013 12:27:00 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:x-received:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id :subject:from:to:cc:content-type; bh=q/DpWAzDsqjed/z5ev07+y+IoKgaW51bqXCxl+KxMck=; b=lCiasCr19Mh4uxpVfb9e3uxNPFvH/BKtQLvnkj98VsQfoj7uFMZTRpcj3JhqYBbiQ/ RZBL7yl8KH78xuq8U9nrYejxJCmxDZxASnIyeeeiZTRyo/8O2U2mj6uKv+U7MPWh4Tdf LMvXiKZVS7jTrLNnKzgTtTwFGgF7BqN+At0C4600V3ITwnsFSEs++ZKoV8vVChwKSD1X OynFzGWbGHBnux54tyiOEyOkkqsnLZvv6vec+XqK+Li8qIVnICPLxhvuqC97WFe/mNjS kO29VUMqKRrgeXYHrKpCz76svNNRHGZ/K4i/bj6FYW/RhpQzaSqYtWfPFowJ64mEdkMK 9Kmg== X-Received: by 10.50.57.19 with SMTP id e19mr8219684igq.110.1368127620622; Thu, 09 May 2013 12:27:00 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: by 10.50.73.102 with HTTP; Thu, 9 May 2013 12:27:00 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: by 10.50.73.102 with HTTP; Thu, 9 May 2013 12:27:00 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <87ppx0ota3.fsf@wanadoo.es> X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-Received-From: 2607:f8b0:4001:c03::233 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.14 X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:90610 Archived-At: Point taken. The manual does indeed define visit. However Vim offers the exact same functionality. On May 9, 2013 1:19 PM, "=D3scar Fuentes" wrote: > Jai Dayal writes: > > > And BTW, you said "visit", not edit. Visit does not strictly mean edit= . > > You are just as ambiguous as you are inaccurate. > > In Emacs parlance, "visiting" means loading the contents of a file into > a buffer for some purpose (reading, editing, processing, whatever.) > > On this mailing list, saying that Emacs can visit a file on a remote > machine is more precise than saying that it can edit that same file. > > TRAMP is much more than visiting remote files. It is a framework for > working with a local Emacs instance on a remote machine. For example: > with your local Emacs visit a remote source file, then compile it and > run a gdb session as you would do if it were a local file. > > >