Re: Does anyone really use emacs in terminal?

[Jai Dayal]

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" <Peter_Dyballa@web.de> wrote:

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> Am 09.05.2013 um 01:21 schrieb Pascal J. Bourguignon:
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> > 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.
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