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 09:39:02 -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> NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1368106763 13513 80.91.229.3 (9 May 2013 13:39:23 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 9 May 2013 13:39:23 +0000 (UTC) Cc: "Pascal J. Bourguignon" , help-gnu-emacs To: Peter Dyballa Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Thu May 09 15:39:22 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 1UaR43-0000V5-Ao for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 09 May 2013 15:39:19 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:42619 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UaR42-0003HO-OH for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Thu, 09 May 2013 09:39:18 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:50040) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UaR3p-0003GS-7P for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 09 May 2013 09:39:06 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UaR3n-0007Qq-Q6 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 09 May 2013 09:39:05 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-vc0-f175.google.com ([209.85.220.175]:63940) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UaR3n-0007Qk-KB for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Thu, 09 May 2013 09:39:03 -0400 Original-Received: by mail-vc0-f175.google.com with SMTP id lf10so2707354vcb.34 for ; Thu, 09 May 2013 06:39:02 -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=5ExoZi4x75Nl4poT1S4UMJlx83htRN5Y7g21ewBQMQ8=; b=w4V0R1Nw07/1eBJGm0WTZzC++IJt6lwwIFBB3wBsWCxbk9f58mdRrkE/1EBrH6aLns t8qNfZY6E1GOT/Xfz3Ht5kcw9QYCTKcI8xm1sd+HIt0gv8h11sW6cj0WTCxpvre9cYR2 HQ2Y1z16DjWAnxSpEZayF8xzTS8E0/PtaECc/uksOyeqECspP8iHqCg7uvZrIxIXK6x/ 6kP3uj97dRxX+7aEnWAuW4pprUO4fn+q7sBDvuSpNrXsYQfYmoyPHFVW6Qh9EC0u2g3r rlyQChYa67xuYr16XHdeXgCfmix/Pv1vbNqUkOAoFOIdJXQ10eZnjC/6qYGAmUvc+RWb AJ0w== X-Received: by 10.52.0.198 with SMTP id 6mr891884vdg.65.1368106742781; Thu, 09 May 2013 06:39:02 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: by 10.220.75.67 with HTTP; Thu, 9 May 2013 06:39:02 -0700 (PDT) Original-Received: by 10.220.75.67 with HTTP; Thu, 9 May 2013 06:39:02 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <25153223-A058-4762-A1FC-7744472B958A@Web.DE> X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] [fuzzy] X-Received-From: 209.85.220.175 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:90576 Archived-At: Um... what exactly can emacs do that vim can't? Or is vim not included in "etc"? On May 9, 2013 2:38 AM, "Peter Dyballa" wrote: > > Am 09.05.2013 um 01:21 schrieb Pascal J. Bourguignon: > > > Yes, but then, I *know* I will do something harmful by using a different > > editor than the one I'm used to when occasionnaly editing as root, hence > > my relentless destruction of any other editor than emacs on systems I > > install, even before the first boot. > > GNU Emacs is a bit ore than just a plain editor. It can perform a lot more > than vi, nano, pico etc. Therefore its use is more dangerous, at least in > theory. > > -- > Greetings > > Pete > > Theory and practice are the same, in theory, but, in practice, they are > different. > > >