Path: ...!3.eu.feeder.erje.net!feeder.erje.net!news.in-chemnitz.de!news.swapon.de!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: "Carlos E.R." Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: What programs do you make sure are installed on a new Linux Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2024 22:11:42 +0100 Lines: 26 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: individual.net qaj8T+e1eK/NNfn+YfuvDgeibOm8Vpqt/X9Ig6fw3O1OhXquf+ X-Orig-Path: Telcontar.valinor!not-for-mail Cancel-Lock: sha1:arY4VeTRbN1ijezwP5BWKjVrNDs= sha256:g3ST2qth3t6+JsBZ5rjemADt0PZjALxVylbNobF0Z34= User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Content-Language: es-ES, en-CA In-Reply-To: Bytes: 2084 On 2024-11-19 20:30, Charlie Gibbs wrote: > On 2024-11-19, The Natural Philosopher wrote: > >> On 19/11/2024 12:31, Chris Ahlstrom wrote: >> >>> For me, it's vi(m) or nothing. > > +1 - it's available on all machines, and my fingers speak > it well enough that if I'm trying to move down the screen > in other editors a string of "j"s appear on the screen. > For sheer economy of keystrokes, vi(m) is hard to beat. > Occasionally I'll fall back to a GUI editor if I need > to cut and paste text - mousepad works, but not well > enough to make me want to switch. > >>> I used to use microEmacs, but I found regular emacs too knuckle-busting. > > I looked at emacs once or twice, but it lives on a different planet > than I do. Both vi and emacs live in a different planet than I do. .... -- Cheers, Carlos.