[COFF] editor wars

[Chet Ramey via COFF]

On 7/21/25 11:00 AM, Larry McVoy wrote:

> I'm wondering if maybe us "less smart" people, just don't have the extra
> cycles it takes to love emacs? 

I don't think it's that. I think it's simpler: you put the time in to
master something -- or at least become familiar with it. Mastery breeds
familiarity breeds comfort. Even if after the fact you try to `spend
time' with another tool or editor, you're bucking the already-established
comfort level you've obtained.

I have a working knowledge of vi -- readline has vi key bindings, and POSIX
specifies them -- but I wouldn't say I have a comfort level there. Just
enough to get around.

-- 
``The lyf so short, the craft so long to lerne.'' - Chaucer
		 ``Ars longa, vita brevis'' - Hippocrates
Chet Ramey, UTech, CWRU    chet at case.edu    http://tiswww.cwru.edu/~chet/
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