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Performance is temporary, design is forever. (Remember that the slur against Emacs -- itself once considered by some too heavyweight to compete with vi -- was

Performance is temporary, design is forever. (Remember that the slur against Emacs -- itself once considered by some too heavyweight to compete with vi -- was that it used "eight megs" of memory.)

Gracana 12y ago
When I use an editor, I don't want eight extra KILOBYTES of worthless help screens and cursor positioning code! I just want an EDitor!! Not a “viitor”. Not a “emacsitor”. Those aren't even WORDS!!!! ED! ED! ED IS THE STANDARD!!! For the uninitiated: http://www.gnu.org/fun/jokes/ed-msg.html http://www.gnu.org/fun/jokes/ed-msg.html
vidarh 12y ago
For the uninitiated: "Eight Megs And Constantly Swapping" This page has lots more: http://www.gnu.org/fun/jokes/gnuemacs.acro.exp.html http://www.gnu.org/fun/jokes/gnuemacs.acro.exp.html
ibrahima 12y ago
I think for a lot of hackers, being able to run from over a terminal/ssh is a critical "design" feature.
- spopejoy 12y ago
  Arrgh. Emacs on the terminal is a joy, and is present on more servers than you think (dreamhost for instance). Having said that I default to 'vi foo.txt' on the command line and feel like vi competency is a core server skill ...
  - sergiotapia 12y ago
    I'm particularly fond of Nano. :)
  - z0r 12y ago
    If you haven't used TRAMP to view and edit files on other servers from your local emacs session, you should give it a try.
    - spopejoy 12y ago
      TRAMP's nifty, but it used to lock up emacs on shaky connections. Maybe it's better now?