I was just wondering, what would the proper term be to describe the faithful to the infidels? Emacsers? Emacers? -- Edward Hartnett e...@twod.gsfc.nasa.gov (301) 286-2396 fax: (301) 286-3460
EH> I was just wondering, what would the proper term be to describe the EH> faithful to the infidels? Emacsers? Emacers? EH> -- EH> Edward Hartnett e...@twod.gsfc.nasa.gov EH> (301) 286-2396 fax: (301) 286-3460
In article <27pv8e$...@whale.st.usm.edu>, John William Chambless <chamb...@whale.st.usm.edu> wrote:
>>I was just wondering, what would the proper term be to describe the >>faithful to the infidels? Emacsers? Emacers? >Masochists? >Dinosaurs? >traditionalists? >Berkeley Burnouts? >people_too_lame_to_use_vi ? >or maybe..."People who dont have anything better to do that wait for the >editor to load"!
"People who have at least 25 fingers" "People who wish keyboards had pedals" "People who have access to a [1-9]0* MB swap file" "People who use their nose to push bucky keys" "People who have nothing better to do with their editor than to solve Towers of Hanoi recursively"
e...@twod.gsfc.nasa.gov (Edward Hartnett) writes: >I was just wondering, what would the proper term be to describe the >faithful to the infidels? Emacsers? Emacers?
Sensible.
-- Calle Dybedahl,Arrendeg. 13, S-583 31 Linkoeping,SWEDEN | ca...@lysator.liu.se "I think quotes are very dangerous things." -KaTe Bush
In <CDtA6w....@lysator.liu.se> ca...@lysator.liu.se (Calle Dybedahl) writes:
>e...@twod.gsfc.nasa.gov (Edward Hartnett) writes: >>I was just wondering, what would the proper term be to describe the >>faithful to the infidels? Emacsers? Emacers? >Sensible.
People who know that free memory is not as important as a good editor and even if it was, there's always swap :)
>-- >Calle Dybedahl,Arrendeg. 13, S-583 31 Linkoeping,SWEDEN | ca...@lysator.liu.se > "I think quotes are very dangerous things." -KaTe Bush
-Dave -- David L. Christiansen "And all the world will be your enemy... basil...@iastate.edu "and whenever they catch you, they will kill you. basil...@vorpal.com "...but first, they must catch you." (515) 296-2735; PGP keyID: A568E3 ---Watership Down
>>>>> On 22 Sep 1993 14:51:32 -0500, jrh0...@tamsun.tamu.edu (Joel Ray >>>>> Holveck) said:
jrh0017> In article <27pv8e$...@whale.st.usm.edu>, jrh0017> John William Chambless <chamb...@whale.st.usm.edu> wrote:
>>I was just wondering, what would the proper term be to describe the >>faithful to the infidels? Emacsers? Emacers? >Masochists? >Dinosaurs? >traditionalists?
Is it possible that even the stupidest vi user possibly consider emacs users as being behind? Try again. Have you had both halves of your cerebrum removed? vi users are the ones so behind the times they won't even consider that maybe there is a better, more fun, more productive way.
>Berkeley Burnouts? >people_too_lame_to_use_vi ?
How about people_willing_to_learn_something_new_when_the_benefits_are_so_clear_and_ob vious,_that_only_an_utter_fool_could_fail_to_see?
>or maybe..."People who dont have anything better to do that wait for the >editor to load"!
I suppose you don't want to wait for x windows to load either, so you just use the console screen? Or maybe a vt-52? You only load emacs once, each time you log in. It's easy to edit multiple files, (even at the same time. Oh my gosh! How can you keep from getting mixed up?). You don't start and stop it each time you want to process a different file.
jrh0017> "People who have at least 25 fingers" jrh0017> "People who wish keyboards had pedals" jrh0017> "People who use their nose to push bucky keys"
People who learn to type.
jrh0017> "People who have access to a [1-9]0* MB swap file"
People with real computers, with enough memory for real work.
jrh0017> "People who have nothing better to do with their editor than to jrh0017> solve Towers of Hanoi recursively"
These 2 morons obviously feel the need for some mutual support. It's sort of like skin heads getting together and egging each other on in their continued mixed up thinking.
Perhaps they should have the have their own news group? How about alt.religion.soon.to.be.brain.wiped?
-Don
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>>>>> "Erway" == D. Erway <der...@ndc.com> writes:
Erway> Is it possible that even the stupidest vi user possibly Erway> consider emacs users as being behind? Try again. Have you had Erway> both halves of your cerebrum removed? vi users are the ones so Erway> behind the times they won't even consider that maybe there is a Erway> better, more fun, more productive way.
Please don't condemn the sinners, the sins condemns themselves. Or translated: Don't flame the vi users, using vi is punishment enough.
Erway> You only load emacs once, each time you log in.
Nah, you load emacs when it is upgraded, and use screen to detach and reattach from the terminal when you must log out. X11 users have bigger problems than starting emacs.
jrh0017> "People who wish keyboards had pedals"
Erway> People who learn to type.
Well, actually I wish my keyboard had pedals.
Erway> These 2 morons obviously feel the need for some mutual Erway> support. It's sort of like skin heads getting together and Erway> egging each other on in their continued mixed up thinking.
I think we will soon have two new converts. It is clear from the mere fact that they post in this holy newsgroup that they are deeply shaken in their pagan belief. Most likely, they have watched how true believers use M-x compile to correct a bunch of errors, use GNUS to read news, or use ange-ftp to edit remote files. Soon they will start emacs ``but only to play getris''... And once they have seen the light, there is no way back to the darkness.
>>>>> On 23 Sep 1993 23:20:18 GMT, abra...@research.att.com (Per Abrahamsen) >>>>> said: >>>>> "Erway" == D. Erway <der...@ndc.com> writes:
Erway> Is it possible that even the stupidest vi user possibly Erway> consider emacs users as being behind? Try again. Have you had Erway> both halves of your cerebrum removed? vi users are the ones so Erway> behind the times they won't even consider that maybe there is a Erway> better, more fun, more productive way.
abraham> Please don't condemn the sinners, the sins condemns themselves. Or abraham> translated: Don't flame the vi users, using vi is punishment abraham> enough.
How true.
abraham> I think we will soon have two new converts. It is clear from the abraham> mere fact that they post in this holy newsgroup that they are deeply abraham> shaken in their pagan belief. Most likely, they have watched how abraham> true believers use M-x compile to correct a bunch of errors, use GNUS abraham> to read news, or use ange-ftp to edit remote files. Soon they will abraham> start emacs ``but only to play getris''... And once they have seen abraham> the light, there is no way back to the darkness.
Indeed Per, I bow to your superior, peaceful response. I see that the way of non-violent demonstration of the truth will set people free.
Thankyou, -Don -- \-----------------------------------------------------------------------/ | Don Erway der...@ndc.com | | NDC Systems | | Monrovia, CA Opinions expressed herein apparently | | (Somewhere Near Pasadena) spontaneously organized themselves. | /-----------------------------------------------------------------------\
>>I was just wondering, what would the proper term be to describe the >>faithful to the infidels? Emacsers? Emacers? >>-- >Masochists? >Dinosaurs? >traditionalists? >Berkeley Burnouts? >people_too_lame_to_use_vi ?
>or maybe..."People who dont have anything better to do that wait for the >editor to load"!
If you're running a computer so slow that Emacs actually takes an appreciable time to load, then I do indeed feel for you. That goes beyond pathetic...
--
-Robert (but some call him: "Practice random kindness l...@enif.astro.indiana.edu) and senseless acts of beauty."
In article <DERWAY.93Sep25172...@alumni.ndc.com> der...@ndc.com (D. Erway) writes:
Indeed Per, I bow to your superior, peaceful response. I see that the way of non-violent demonstration of the truth will set people free.
Nay! Does not the holy info-page proclaim: "Ho thou forth and M-x smite-vi-users!" -- Edward Hartnett e...@twod.gsfc.nasa.gov (301) 286-2396 fax: (301) 286-3460
Nay! Does not the holy info-page proclaim: "Ho thou forth and M-x smite-vi-users!"
Ho, ho, ho! Oops, another religion. -- J Lee Jaap <J.L.J...@LaRC.NASA.Gov> +1 804/864-2148 employed by, not necessarily speaking for, AS&M Inc, at NASA LaRC, Hampton VA 23681-0001
>>>>> On 27 Sep 93 09:56:36, e...@twod.gsfc.nasa.gov (Edward Hartnett) said:
ejh> Nay! Does not the holy info-page proclaim: "Ho thou forth and M-x ejh> smite-vi-users!"
No. As Per has pointed out, using vi is its own punishment. After all, they will soon loose their jobs due to lack of productivity. Entire companies, whose programmers use vi, will fall to the competition. Of course, vi was attractive compared with punched cards and batch systems, or even teletypes and paper tape, but that is no longer the environment to compete with.
Forgive the vi users Richard, for they know not what they do.
-Don -- \-----------------------------------------------------------------------/ | Don Erway der...@ndc.com | | NDC Systems | | Monrovia, CA Opinions expressed herein apparently | | (Somewhere Near Pasadena) spontaneously organized themselves. | /-----------------------------------------------------------------------\
