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: Sat, 11 May 2013 10:45:49 -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> <8761ys6kcy.fsf@gmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1368283586 6900 80.91.229.3 (11 May 2013 14:46:26 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 11 May 2013 14:46:26 +0000 (UTC) Cc: help-gnu-emacs To: PJ Weisberg Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat May 11 16:46:25 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 1UbB44-0006q6-Ok for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 11 May 2013 16:46:24 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:44869 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UbB44-0002bO-Dr for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 11 May 2013 10:46:24 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:55046) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UbB3r-0002b5-Mk for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 11 May 2013 10:46:13 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UbB3q-0008VR-NC for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 11 May 2013 10:46:11 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-ie0-x230.google.com ([2607:f8b0:4001:c03::230]:58362) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UbB3q-0008VE-Gy for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 11 May 2013 10:46:10 -0400 Original-Received: by mail-ie0-f176.google.com with SMTP id at1so9801331iec.35 for ; Sat, 11 May 2013 07:46:09 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=x-received:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id :subject:to:cc:content-type; bh=9hZtM4gPu4x1fjREAiCHuiYuwtxXJBa+jJolK5LCdSA=; b=LY2vj7ZuRDyM6MpOiRFLnXh0W8GA5KAwFY2F60xgSRUScRW8F4ioblRt+fJ+aXB4Xa VTlCJ0oVBXxGG8Svb0ifRcFaPZygiXSY8fK88SuTuSH2pBMgt077vXMQme9Th0K8xE0C C8vRec4jHZY3jqi6OfQTEhu7Zr1US6bCiMQjC3EI/Y0eLc4EWCTXZZlkS3zlvLM7TeQa 0izY2JMv2LOhN6RzYA9xAKZLRhDtYNnD+i82ijxONxgzjflWSXq6VoDnJLfrFlvJegOc S9kt/4UDHCIDrXuQGnzV7IF6nWLi7F5wd7Gh97/+8mKyaHzCsUFET4IbojMUonv2VJ03 Ph6w== X-Received: by 10.50.57.19 with SMTP id e19mr5226143igq.110.1368283569398; Sat, 11 May 2013 07:46:09 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: by 10.50.73.102 with HTTP; Sat, 11 May 2013 07:45:49 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Error: Malformed IPv6 address (bad octet value). X-Received-From: 2607:f8b0:4001:c03::230 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:90634 Archived-At: I think more people use Vim than emacs. Not sure if there was any scientific poll done on it. On Sat, May 11, 2013 at 12:01 AM, PJ Weisberg wrote: > On May 9, 2013 2:09 PM, "Jai Dayal" wrote: > > On May 9, 2013 2:06 PM, "Jay Belanger" wrote: > > > > > Jai Dayal writes: > > > > > > > And BTW, you said "visit", not edit. Visit does not strictly mean > edit. > > > > > > From the Emacs manual: > > > "Visiting" a file means reading its contents into an Emacs buffer so > > > you can edit them. Emacs makes a new buffer for each file that you > > > visit. > > > > > > > You are just as ambiguous as you are inaccurate. > > > > > > Technically true, since he was both unambiguous and accurate. > > > > He was not accurate because he stated this could not be done in Vim. > > Pish-posh! Can Vim "read[ a file's] contents into an Emacs buffer"? I > think NOT. > > This thread should be retitled "Does anyone really use Vim?". I can't see > any reason to support Vim on a modern Emacs-based system, and I purpose > that everyone henceforth cease to put any effort into supporting it. :-) >