[olug] emacs book

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You make a good argument.I'll look for a good  book on vi.

            Gary


Andrew Embury wrote:

> I would have to agree with Mike, that its just not worth learning Emacs
> anymore, unless you are going to do some very heavy programming (this is
> still debatable).  vi is definetly worth learning if you are heavy into
> systems administration and need a step up from pico.  vi can be found on
> every unix system under the sun, and will save your ass sooner or later if
> you spend enough time around unix.
>
> However, to answer a question from a few mails ago, GNU Emacs =
> Emacs.  However, there was a code fork a few years back when a company
> called Lucid attempted to put a GUI on emacs.  This project is now called
> XEmacs and also has some nice features.
>
> _Drew
>
> On Mon, 25 Sep 2000, Mike McNally wrote:
>
> > > A better book for solving your emacs problems once and for all is by
> > > Linda Lamb and Arnold Robbins, ISBN 1565924266.
> > >
> > > And while we are on the subject, what is the file size limit in emacs?
> >
> > What's the title, let me guess:
> >       Delete This Bloated Pig of a Program
> >
> > I think when many were operating in black screen mode, the ability to
> > browse files, web pages, edit files, read mail, read news, and do the
> > dishes, was a great attribute.  Fast forward to current day pc use and
> > we're all using multiple desktops each with several xterms open on it.
> > Do I want an editor hogging memory, no.  Do I want to be able to do
> > just about everything from one xterm, well, it would be a neat trick,
> > and I used emacs quite a bit for a while, but it's much easier to just
> > have multiple xterms.  Now that I think about it, I liked emacs a lot
> > but it's a lot easier to manage multiple xterms than multiple virual
> > terms... 'cause you can see 'em, that makes them easier for using as
> > references.  I like vim.
> >
> > There's a section on emacs in Unix In a Nutshell, that's a nice book,
> > and in Unix For the Impatient, haven't read that for a while, and in
> > Unix Power Tools, another good book.  I refer to unix in a nutshell
> > more.
> >
> > emacs is like windows
> >
> > mike
> >
> >
> >
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