Monday, April 12, 2010
Sunday, April 04, 2010
Emacs
On Fri, April 2, 2010 2:44 pm, Dan Kilgallin wrote:
I'd actually say that in general, forcing someone to use a particular
editor is pretty rude. However, most rational people I know who do
substantial amounts of programming agree that it is a very well-designed
editor. I would say that, as is the case with LaTeX, it is almost
certainly worth the learning curve. Personally, I prefer gedit on unix,
but I respect vim. I don't know anyone experienced who prefers emacs.
On Fri, April 2, 2010 1:29 pm, Ernesto Alfonso wrote:
> I'd say whoever forces anyone to use vim should be imprisoned as it is a
> form of torture.
>
> On Fri, April 2, 2010 11:27 am, Dan Kilgallin wrote:
>
>> No, I would not agree with that. For example, even in a war, nobody
>> should be forced to program using emacs.
>>
>> On Thu, April 1, 2010 11:34 pm, Ernesto Alfonso wrote:
>>
>>
>>> Although this isnt related to 251, we'd like the input of its TA's
>>> here. Would you agree that, in a war, anything goes?
I'd actually say that in general, forcing someone to use a particular
editor is pretty rude. However, most rational people I know who do
substantial amounts of programming agree that it is a very well-designed
editor. I would say that, as is the case with LaTeX, it is almost
certainly worth the learning curve. Personally, I prefer gedit on unix,
but I respect vim. I don't know anyone experienced who prefers emacs.
On Fri, April 2, 2010 1:29 pm, Ernesto Alfonso wrote:
> I'd say whoever forces anyone to use vim should be imprisoned as it is a
> form of torture.
>
> On Fri, April 2, 2010 11:27 am, Dan Kilgallin wrote:
>
>> No, I would not agree with that. For example, even in a war, nobody
>> should be forced to program using emacs.
>>
>> On Thu, April 1, 2010 11:34 pm, Ernesto Alfonso wrote:
>>
>>
>>> Although this isnt related to 251, we'd like the input of its TA's
>>> here. Would you agree that, in a war, anything goes?
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