[mythtv-users] Scary times ahead
Stuart Morgan
stuart at tase.co.uk
Thu May 12 09:09:55 UTC 2005
On Wed 11 May 2005 21:53, Greg wrote:
> > On Wed 11 May 2005 20:33, Ross Campbell wrote:
> > > My advice:
> > >
> > > - Learn how to use vi
> >
> > Not wishing to start a vi related discussion however I think
> > Vi to the Linux newbie is like a brick to a drowning man. Far
> > better for a newbie to learn something like Emacs or even a
> > GUI editor such as Kate before they look at vi.
>
> The gui editors I can understand.....but Emacs over Vi for ease of use???
Emacs is much easier than Vi. It behaves much like any other editor and you
need only remember two things - "Ctrl-x Ctrl-s = Save" and "Ctrl-x Ctrl-c =
Exit". Vi confuses most people by none even starting in Insert mode!
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Stuart Morgan
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