From: phillip.lord@newcastle.ac.uk (Phillip Lord)
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Is Emacs very alive, active and improving?
Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2013 12:30:24 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87li1uojov.fsf@zerg32.ncl.ac.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20131014192559.GA10582@www> (Christopher Ritsen's message of "Mon, 14 Oct 2013 15:25:59 -0400")
Christopher Ritsen <chris.ritsen@gmail.com> writes:
> On Mon, Oct 14, 2013 at 12:04:24PM +0100, Phillip Lord wrote:
>> It's not that uncommon I suspect. I use vim for most systems
>> adminstration. I do as little sys admin as I can get away with, so I
>> don't use vim every day!
>
> The common refrain seems to be that people use vim over emacs on remote servers
> they don't control where it is usually installed by default, but I was referring
> to being willing to take the time to configure the programs themselves to be as
> useful as possible to me for whatever they are best at. Right now, that is
> strictly org-mode for emacs, and vim for most of my text-editing and coding.
> I'm not planning on dropping one for the other, but my assumption is that most
> people wouldn't want or have the time to configure both (especially if it's not
> possible to use either at work) and lose objectivity about using the best tool
> for the job. I want to avoid that.
"Best tool for the job", of course, means "best tool for the job that
*I* am doing". Emacs is a better tool for me to use for most jobs
because I know how to use it. I don't think that it's a question with an
objective answer. Still, I can see your point, in terms of what works
for you.
Phil
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2013-08-26 22:43 Is Emacs very alive, active and improving? Jorge Peixoto de Morais Neto
2013-08-27 0:05 ` Perry Smith
2013-08-27 0:25 ` Jorge Peixoto de Morais Neto
2013-08-27 9:07 ` Peter Dyballa
2013-08-27 23:52 ` Suvayu Ali
2013-08-28 3:03 ` Yagnesh Raghava Yakkala
2013-08-29 0:39 ` Suvayu Ali
2013-08-28 20:19 ` Ken Goldman
2013-08-29 0:25 ` Stefan Monnier
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2013-08-28 20:53 ` Emanuel Berg
2013-10-03 19:25 ` Ken Goldman
[not found] ` <mailman.3330.1380828355.10748.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2013-10-03 19:58 ` Emanuel Berg
2013-08-28 21:09 ` W. Greenhouse
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2013-08-28 21:55 ` Emanuel Berg
2013-08-29 2:04 ` Kevin Montuori
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2013-08-29 2:55 ` Emanuel Berg
2013-08-29 3:06 ` Emanuel Berg
2013-08-29 7:59 ` W. Greenhouse
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2013-08-29 20:53 ` Emanuel Berg
2013-08-29 21:05 ` Drew Adams
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2013-08-29 21:24 ` Emanuel Berg
2013-08-29 23:37 ` Drew Adams
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2013-08-30 0:25 ` Emanuel Berg
2013-08-29 22:47 ` Emanuel Berg
2013-08-30 6:09 ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-08-30 1:32 ` MBR
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2013-08-30 2:26 ` Emanuel Berg
2013-08-30 11:58 ` Stefan Monnier
2013-08-30 12:21 ` Ludwig, Mark
2013-08-30 13:28 ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-08-29 23:50 ` Jorge Peixoto de Morais Neto
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2013-08-30 0:28 ` Emanuel Berg
2013-08-30 1:23 ` Jorge
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2013-08-30 2:22 ` Emanuel Berg
2013-08-30 6:31 ` Eli Zaretskii
2013-08-30 16:24 ` Jorge
2013-10-04 11:30 ` Luca Ferrari
2013-10-04 21:59 ` Jude DaShiell
2013-10-04 23:16 ` Bob Proulx
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2013-10-04 23:35 ` Emanuel Berg
2013-10-06 12:07 ` Rustom Mody
2013-10-06 21:50 ` Evans Winner
2013-10-09 19:41 ` Emanuel Berg
2013-10-10 4:27 ` Teemu Likonen
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2013-10-10 5:25 ` Rustom Mody
2013-10-10 8:24 ` Andreas Röhler
2013-10-10 22:18 ` Bob Proulx
2013-10-11 10:39 ` Andreas Röhler
2013-10-10 10:36 ` Phillip Lord
2013-10-10 11:00 ` Rainer M Krug
2013-10-10 15:16 ` Peter Dyballa
2013-10-11 11:06 ` Phillip Lord
2013-10-12 22:01 ` Christopher Ritsen
2013-10-14 11:04 ` Phillip Lord
2013-10-14 16:50 ` Stefan Monnier
2013-10-14 19:25 ` Christopher Ritsen
2013-10-15 11:30 ` Phillip Lord [this message]
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2013-10-15 17:56 ` Emanuel Berg
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2013-10-14 21:54 ` Emanuel Berg
2013-10-15 6:27 ` Bob Proulx
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2013-10-15 17:50 ` Emanuel Berg
2013-10-16 4:56 ` Rustom Mody
2013-10-17 1:45 ` Emanuel Berg
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2013-10-13 2:36 ` Rustom Mody
2013-10-10 13:04 ` Carson Chittom
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2013-10-10 20:44 ` Emanuel Berg
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2013-10-10 20:57 ` Emanuel Berg
2013-10-11 10:56 ` Andreas Röhler
2013-10-11 19:06 ` Bob Proulx
2013-10-12 7:48 ` Andreas Röhler
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2013-10-12 20:24 ` Emanuel Berg
2013-10-10 23:54 ` Emanuel Berg
2013-10-11 0:05 ` Emanuel Berg
2013-10-11 5:58 ` Thien-Thi Nguyen
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2013-10-11 17:20 ` Emanuel Berg
2013-10-09 19:31 ` Emanuel Berg
2013-10-10 2:28 ` Rustom Mody
2013-10-09 21:30 ` Tom Davey
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2013-10-09 21:51 ` Emanuel Berg
2013-10-10 16:24 ` henry atting
2013-10-11 5:19 ` Eric Abrahamsen
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2013-10-04 17:45 ` Emanuel Berg
2013-10-04 19:28 ` Thien-Thi Nguyen
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2013-10-04 20:18 ` Emanuel Berg
2013-10-08 11:36 ` Rustom Mody
2013-10-09 19:43 ` Emanuel Berg
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2013-10-13 14:47 ` Eric Brown
2013-10-13 15:08 ` Emanuel Berg
2013-10-13 17:52 ` Eric Brown
2013-10-13 18:13 ` Alex Schroeder
2013-10-13 19:23 ` Emanuel Berg
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2013-08-27 1:44 ` Rustom Mody
2013-08-27 23:59 ` Emanuel Berg
2013-08-28 0:20 ` Marko Vojinovic
2013-08-28 1:56 ` Stefan Monnier
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2013-08-28 1:59 ` Emanuel Berg
2013-08-28 0:35 ` Marc Weber
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2013-08-28 1:08 ` Emanuel Berg
2013-08-28 3:25 ` Marc Weber
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2013-08-28 4:08 ` Rustom Mody
2013-08-28 20:48 ` Emanuel Berg
2013-08-28 20:37 ` Emanuel Berg
2013-08-28 1:39 ` Jorge
2013-10-12 13:39 ` Kai Grossjohann
2013-10-12 15:30 ` Drew Adams
2013-10-12 20:39 ` Emanuel Berg
2013-10-12 20:57 ` Kai Grossjohann
2013-10-12 20:58 ` Emanuel Berg
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2013-10-12 21:01 ` Kai Grossjohann
2013-10-12 21:14 ` Drew Adams
2013-10-12 21:15 ` Emanuel Berg
2013-10-13 13:33 ` Kai Großjohann
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2013-10-13 15:25 ` Emanuel Berg
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