[BC] Browser Wars

[Cowboy]

On Tuesday 06 December 2005 05:53 pm, Dale H. Cook wrote:
>At 04:18 PM 12/6/2005, Cowboy wrote:
>
>>But how many are there ?
>>*I* am the only guy I know who still codes web sites with VI !
>>( edlin, for you DOS types )
>>:-)
>
>Curt -
>
>Of course you use vi - you work in Linux, and I'm sure you would rather use 
>the full-screen editor than the line editor ed. :)

On Tuesday 06 December 2005 07:34 pm, Harold Hallikainen wrote:

>You don't use copy con: ?

On Tuesday 06 December 2005 05:39 pm, Jason Mielke wrote:

>Not so fast: I code them with Emacs!
>Jason Mielke

On Tuesday 06 December 2005 09:58 pm, Rich Wood wrote:

>I wasn't aware there was still that level of masochism anywhere on 
>Earth. Don't you have to dress in leather to use it?

 The reason(s) I stick with VI are few, but powerful.

 EMACS is a great editor, optimized for writing code, and Fred and I have
 had issues with the link vi points to on occasion, but I don't know EMACS,
 and learning it has proven quite daunting.
 No, I don't copy con, because I do know enough about VI to be comfortable
 with it.
 It isn't masochism ( though I do understand the reference ) at all.

 VI ( or something very, very similar ) exists on practically every *nix system
 in the world, with exception of Debian Linux, and a few dedicated routers and
 embedded systems.

 It's much more a question of cross-compatibility than creature comfort.
 Add to that, ELVIS and VIM, almost 100% compatible with VI, and I have
 my text editor, binary editor, and hex editor all in one application.
 Yes, creature comfort makes me avoid ed, but Vi *is* an extension of ed,
 and if forced to, I can use ed, though THAT does border on masochism !

 Cross compatibility, and basic lazyness.
 I only need to know ONE editor, and I can write anything, for anything, on
 nearly any system I'll ever walk up to, at any time.
 Without knowing anything about your environment, I can say with reasonable
 confidence that I *can* work in it !

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