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Re: set editor, switching from vim to emacs



On Wed, Nov 19, 2003 at 01:01:31PM -0200, Rodrigo Bernardo Pimentel wrote:

>         However, you can use emacs inside screen and get the advantages of
> both, which is what I do :)

Well, since screen and emacs have their own environments, the advantages
of both don't always mesh perfectly well (copy/pasting, for instance),
so you're still stuck using screen for all your interprogram pasting.
Furthermore, since elvis doesn't take up all my control keys, my screen
config has a whole bunch of rather nifty functionality.  Configuring the
same while avoiding emacs-stomping would be an excercise in finding free
control keys where there are none.

>         Besides, speed is FAR from being the only (or even the most
> important) reason for using gnuclient.

Well, speed is one of the main reasons for using elvis.  I can fire up
a fully self-contained editor in no time flat, and simply quit it when
I'm done.  ...and if the thing core dumps on me, I don't lose everything
I was working on, either :-)

> It's ery useful for sharing buffers

sharing buffers between what?  I can simply import an existing VI window
into another screen if I want to use it in two terminals.

> and for using already opened buffers in different windows (or even sharing
> them between screen and X).

Well, I don't use X, so that's a moot point as far as I'm concerned.

 - Dave

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