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I almost took this to talk list except for one comment that re-iterates the need for something like cygwin with windoze, On 12/24/09, Marc Girod <marc DOT girod AT gmail DOT com> wrote: > > > Eliot Moss wrote: >> >> And this may add a little to your understanding: >> > Few of which pertains to cygwin... > > Eliot Moss wrote: >> >> Hope these distinctions help >> > They are matters of taste, and of experience. > I have an other taste and an other experience. > Hard to compare, I know. > > Eliot Moss wrote: >> >> emacs is an *editor* [...] but it would >> probably still feel somewhat primitive compared >> to advanced GUI interfaces. >> > Ahum. > Emacs is an environment which builds upon the generic concept of text > buffer. > This is a very powerful concept, because it allows for rich tool support, > and for in-depth and relatively light-weight user configuration. By > comparison, windows offer little support and a high threshold for users to > produce useful tools. > Humans painted on cave walls 30000 years ago. Then they invented language. I wouldn't underestimate the importance of this observation. The existence of a tractable alphabet has been a big plus for communicating information, especially information suited to a computer. > GUIs have so far proven a temporary re-play of history for people who didn't > record it. Well, they do have their uses but tend to be expensive and confining. I'd like to see a GEICO ad with Bill Gates, and maybe those guys from Digital Research LOL... There is a learning curve for vi but now I find myself in screen editors thinking "where are those funny commands?" > > Marc > -- -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple
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