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I like Lisp but hate emacs. emacs wants to give me arthritis and wrist damage
>>2I use xmodmap to swap control and alt, and to map caps lock to alt. It makes using Emacs a breeze.
>>3That might help, but modal editing is always more ergonomic and fun than modeless editing.
>>4>ergonomic Maybe.>funEmacs is way more fun than vi(m) imnsho. Plus you can use modal editing in Emacs if you really want to.
>>5>Maybe.Definitely.Though since I've lately been using emacs (specifically edwin in MIT Scheme) lately, I've discovered I now try to use emacs bindings instead of IBM CUA bindings while typing in graphical programs. As in, when I type ctrl-a I expect to get to the beginning of the line, but then I realise all the graphical programs have ibm/microsoft bindings because it highlights everything.So I've learnt something, I guess. Or at least become accustomed to it.If only Unix developers would be brave enough to forge a new path, instead of imitate the world of Windows! Well, at least when I need a graphical editor I can use xedit now (which has emacs bindings) instead of ones that imitate notepad!>Emacs is way more fun than vi(m) imnsho. Plus you can use modal editing in Emacs if you really want to. I know about the vi emulation in emacs, but I don't feel a need to use that instead of nvi.
>>6> I've discovered I now try to use emacs bindings instead of IBM CUA bindings while typing in graphical programsYeah, I do that too. Luckily firefox has the firemacs extension, so since I spend 90% of my computing time in either Emacs or Firefox, I don't have to ``switch modes'' so often. >I don't feel a need to use that instead of nviYou get to still use Emacs. Emacs is way more than an editor. I used to call it a ``programming tool,'' but I've come to realize it's helpful in many more tasks, so ``computing tool'' is a better name. Although really what it is is a Lisp interpreter with a textual interface.
>>7>You get to still use Emacs. Emacs is way more than an editor. I used to call it a ``programming tool,'' but I've come to realize it's helpful in many more tasks, so ``computing tool'' is a better name. Although really what it is is a Lisp interpreter with a textual interface.But what if I prefer bourne sh to Lisp?
>>8Then you're a True Unixman.