X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: fbb9d,6926c2ff283da566 X-Google-Attributes: gidfbb9d,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1994-09-09 03:32:58 PST Path: nntp.gmd.de!Germany.EU.net!EU.net!uunet!gatech!newsxfer.itd.umich.edu!zip.eecs.umich.edu!yeshua.marcam.com!insosf1.infonet.net!news.i-link.com!news.sprintlink.net!sashimi.wwa.com!not-for-mail From: bcohen@acsu.buffalo.edu (Bram Cohen) Newsgroups: rec.arts.ascii Subject: Talk: What is Emacs? Date: 9 Sep 1994 05:32:58 -0500 Organization: UB Lines: 15 Sender: boba@wwa.com Approved: boba@wwa.com Message-ID: <34pdkq$he5@gagme.wwa.com> References: <338mj6$jm9@gagme.wwa.com> <34hqo7$e6n@gagme.wwa.com> <34ln8i$8ov@gagme.wwa.com> <34mssm$bi8@gagme.wwa.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: gagme.wwa.com In article <34mssm$bi8@gagme.wwa.com>, Arthur van Leeuwen wrote: > >Oh? The most popular editor in the world of Unix? Why don't I see anybody >here using it? Because it isn't very user-friendly. It's less strange than vi, but it's still very kludgy. Despite that, Emacs is still the most popular editor in the world of UNIX, mainly because it's very powerful, so hacker types like it. -- ___ ___ / \____ ############################ / \_/ \ \_ __ \ # Bram Cohen # / \_/ / \/ # bcohen@acsu.buffalo.edu # /\ ___/ # Just trying to be myself #