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    From Postguru to All on Sunday, May 17, 2026 13:28:05
    What is all this buzz, about Emacs? I don't even know what it is. I don't know if it's a text editor or something else? Then I seen post wars about Emacs vs. VIM.
    Can someone please enlighten me?

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  • From Khronos@CWSHACK to Postguru on Sunday, May 17, 2026 19:39:48
    Postguru wrote to All <=-

    What is all this buzz, about Emacs? I don't even know what it is. I
    don't know if it's a text editor or something else? Then I seen post
    wars about Emacs vs. VIM. Can someone please enlighten me?

    In the classic way of looking at things Emacs is an editor, but it can
    do much much more than that.
    It can be a complete os of its own if you really want it to be.
    I don't know as much about it as I probably should, but it is on my long
    list of things to really sit down and learn well to see what it is all
    about.


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  • From Morningstarr to Khronos on Sunday, May 17, 2026 20:55:51
    I thought it was an editor, but could do anything. I am sure some of the myths are exaggerated for sure hahaha.
  • From Morningstarr to Khronos on Sunday, May 17, 2026 21:00:43
    Don't laugh, but I just use nano.
  • From Kurisu@RPNET to Morningstarr on Sunday, May 17, 2026 21:06:01
    Re: Re: Emacs
    By: Morningstarr to Khronos on Sun May 17 2026 09:00 pm

    Don't laugh, but I just use nano.

    I too use nano only. Haha.
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  • From Morningstarr to Kurisu on Monday, May 18, 2026 00:30:55


    I too use nano only. Haha.
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    Ahhh, so you can't pick on me lmao. Nano is a great editor and it's simple. I use a lot of notepad in windows too hehe.
  • From Will-E to Morningstarr on Monday, May 18, 2026 11:15:33
    I just use VIM :)
  • From Morningstarr to Will-E on Monday, May 18, 2026 15:20:05

    I use vim a lot too. The reason I use nano is because it’s faster. What’s the difference between vim and eMacs?
  • From Will-E to Morningstarr on Tuesday, May 19, 2026 20:41:05
    I dunno, never used emacs. I just use vim cause its normally almost always preinstalled.
  • From Morningstarr to Will-E on Tuesday, May 19, 2026 21:07:59

    I had to install it and nimo. I like nimo better, it's straight forward and still has an extraction layer between the memory and what you type.
    I know it's fucking hot over here. It was 95 today, and it was hotter in the house. Me and lotus hung out in the practice house. At least there is a window unit in there. I don't see why dude wont buy a few window units or something. He claims to have tons of money, so what gives?
  • From Postguru to Khronos on Saturday, May 23, 2026 21:38:07
    Re: Re: Emacs
    By: Khronos to Postguru on Sun May 17 2026 07:39 pm

    My goal is to learn it as well!

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  • From Khronos@CWSHACK to Postguru on Sunday, May 24, 2026 07:23:56
    Postguru wrote to Khronos <=-

    Re: Re: Emacs
    By: Khronos to Postguru on Sun May 17 2026 07:39 pm

    My goal is to learn it as well!

    The guide I will be using is:
    https://www.masteringemacs.org/


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  • From Morningstarr to Khronos on Sunday, May 24, 2026 14:42:34
    Re: Re: Emacs
    By: Khronos to Postguru on Sun May 24 2026 07:23 am

    I am going to go to that site right now, and read up on it.



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  • From Postguru to Khronos on Sunday, May 24, 2026 21:02:11
    Re: Re: Emacs
    By: Khronos to Postguru on Sun May 24 2026 07:23 am

    So that site directed me to a book. What can this book teach me for 45 bucks, that I can't learn for free? No offense, but 45 bucks, could be used on more important resources. It seems to be a text editor, that can really speed up programming by using hot keys, to auto-type in syntax correct? It's amazing something 30 plus years old, is just as good if not better than new software lol.

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