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|    Janis Papanagnou to Lawrence D'Oliveiro    |
|    Re: Editor of choice    |
|    03 Jun 24 15:34:47    |
      From: janis_papanagnou+ng@hotmail.com              On 02.06.2024 03:50, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:       > On Sat, 1 Jun 2024 17:00:33 +0200, Janis Papanagnou wrote:       >       >> It should be noted that Vi has a lot of alternative ways to edit various       >> text entities.       >       > But still, it assumes that what it is editing is text.       >       > Emacs isn’t just a text editor, it’s an editor. I have successfully used       > it to directly edit binary files.              As Kenny already said, this is no difference.              The more "important" difference is the observation that Emacs is not       only an editor but much more. (I don't need that so I don't use it.)              Janis              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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