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EDitor wars (lemmy.sdf.org)

submitted 2 months ago by ssm@lemmy.sdf.org to c/programmerhumor@lemmy.ml

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[–] mumblerfish@lemmy.world 69 points 2 months ago (3 children)

For everyone who has not already, this is so worth a read: https://www.gnu.org/fun/jokes/ed-msg.html

[–] burrito82@feddit.de 21 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Thank you. I had not read that before. The novice's first steps are just wonderful.

[–] themusicman@lemmy.world 20 points 2 months ago

"WYGIWYG" - love it

[–] Korne127@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

This is awesome. But one question as I'm not so familiar with emacs: Why do they punish someone when trying to use emacs but not vi? Why do you see emacs as something works?

[–] mumblerfish@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

Not sure, but I think emacs at least used to have a reputation as a resourse hog and bloated. So maybe that?