m5d@bobkat.UUCP (Mike McNally ) (10/28/86)
Gosh, I've really felt left out since I've been reading all these neat arguments about text editors. I couldn't think of anything to say! Imagine my frustration. But just last night something happened to change all that: I had a dream that I was buying sporting goods in a shopping mall. I walked into the store and found what I wanted on a shelf very near the entrance (in fact, it was just behind one of those things that makes noise if you try to steal something). There was a cash register nearby, but no sales attendant was present. Oh no! What would I do? Then it hit me: I was dreaming with vi! I could just type `n' and get to the next cash register! I kept doing this until I found a sales person. OK all you Emacs freaks: can Emacs find salespeople with a single keystroke? -- **** **** **** At Digital Lynx, we're almost in Garland, but not quite **** **** **** Mike McNally Digital Lynx Inc. Software (not hardware) Person Dallas TX 75243 uucp: ...convex!ctvax!bobkat!m5 (214) 238-7474
guy@enmasse.UUCP (Computer Guy) (10/30/86)
In article <221@bobkat.UUCP> m5d@bobkat.UUCP (Mr Mike McNally) writes: >Then it hit me: I was dreaming with vi! I could just type `n' and get >to the next cash register! I kept doing this until I found a sales >person. This works in rn as well. Perhaps we should be debating the merits of rn vs emacs? Such a discussion would be at least as enlightening as the current editor wars. -- -- guy k hillyer {alliant,panda,drilex}!enmasse!guy "It's on America's tortured brow - Mickey Mouse has grown up a cow."
jbuck@epimass.UUCP (Joe Buck) (11/01/86)
In article <393@enmasse.UUCP> guy@enmasse.UUCP (Computer Guy) writes: >In article <221@bobkat.UUCP> m5d@bobkat.UUCP (Mr Mike McNally) writes: <<Then it hit me: I was dreaming with vi! I could just type `n' and get <<to the next cash register! I kept doing this until I found a sales <<person. >This works in rn as well. Perhaps we should be debating the merits >of rn vs emacs? Such a discussion would be at least as enlightening >as the current editor wars. In Emacs, we see all the cash registers at the same time, each in separate windows :-). -- - Joe Buck {hplabs,ihnp4}!oliveb!epimass!jbuck Entropic Processing, Inc., Cupertino, California