On the first system in my professional life, Emacs was written in Lisp and
ran on Multics (the system that the Unix pun came from). When we moved to
Unix on a Dec Alpha there were insufficient resources for the user base to use
something that large, so I added a number of features to a version of
"microemacs" that was floating around to make it actually usable.
I still use that version, it's pretty much ingrained into my fingers after
40 years. I think the last time I compiled it was 20 years ago. Also, programs
like rlwrap can add emacs edit keystrokes and history features to almost any
command driven software. Probably 2-4X the productivity of the point and
click model.
Paul
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On Fri, Sep 20, 2024 at 08:53:52AM -0400, Dave McGuire wrote:
Was, but no longer?
Though the "editor wars" are fun, I actually use both vi and emacs
regularly. I'm going to make a quick edit /etc/resolv.conf, I use vi. If
I'm sitting down for a ten-hour coding session, I use emacs.
-Dave
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