Comments on: Editor war on N900 – vi vs. emacs http://nokia-n900.com/editor-war-on-n900-vi-vs-emacs/ Nokia N900 Blog: Maemo Apps, Games, Themes, Wallpapers, Hacks Sat, 17 Dec 2011 14:02:58 +0000 hourly 1 By: AR http://nokia-n900.com/editor-war-on-n900-vi-vs-emacs/comment-page-1/#comment-5588 AR Tue, 02 Aug 2011 18:41:05 +0000 http://nokia-n900.com/?p=1541#comment-5588 +1 for nano +1 for nano

]]> By: Haakon Løtveit http://nokia-n900.com/editor-war-on-n900-vi-vs-emacs/comment-page-1/#comment-5222 Haakon Løtveit Sat, 21 May 2011 12:34:36 +0000 http://nokia-n900.com/?p=1541#comment-5222 I think it's interesting that people claim that you can edit on any Unix box using vim. There are several different editions of Vi, and not all of them are like vim. Sure, you'll still have a massive lead on us emacsers, but if you're going to do editing on a box, you're very likely to do so remotely, and in that case, you can use sshfs to just locally mount the filesystem anyway, and use whatever editor you prefer. If you don't have sshfs, but are still going to log on remotely, you can just use tramp to remote edit files. The only time you _have_ to use vi would be when you're at some archaic box that doesn't allow remote logins, and doesn't have the disk-space to allow you to install your favourite editor. If you prefer Vim then I'm not going to object to that, but to say that Vim is the only option for remote editing is just incorrect. I think it’s interesting that people claim that you can edit on any Unix box using vim.

There are several different editions of Vi, and not all of them are like vim. Sure, you’ll still have a massive lead on us emacsers, but if you’re going to do editing on a box, you’re very likely to do so remotely, and in that case, you can use sshfs to just locally mount the filesystem anyway, and use whatever editor you prefer.

If you don’t have sshfs, but are still going to log on remotely, you can just use tramp to remote edit files. The only time you _have_ to use vi would be when you’re at some archaic box that doesn’t allow remote logins, and doesn’t have the disk-space to allow you to install your favourite editor.

If you prefer Vim then I’m not going to object to that, but to say that Vim is the only option for remote editing is just incorrect.

]]> By: desktop0 http://nokia-n900.com/editor-war-on-n900-vi-vs-emacs/comment-page-1/#comment-1241 desktop0 Fri, 09 Apr 2010 17:28:11 +0000 http://nokia-n900.com/?p=1541#comment-1241 nano ftw! http://wiki.maemo.org/Documentation/devtools/maemo5/nano nano ftw!
http://wiki.maemo.org/Documentation/devtools/maemo5/nano

]]> By: Maciej Jablonski http://nokia-n900.com/editor-war-on-n900-vi-vs-emacs/comment-page-1/#comment-967 Maciej Jablonski Tue, 16 Mar 2010 19:32:28 +0000 http://nokia-n900.com/?p=1541#comment-967 @Francois: I know that, but mostly I write about applications that may be found in catalogues, it's easier for most of users to install them. And remember I'm on Vi side ;) @Francois:
I know that, but mostly I write about applications that may be found in catalogues, it’s easier for most of users to install them. And remember I’m on Vi side ;)

]]> By: Khertan http://nokia-n900.com/editor-war-on-n900-vi-vs-emacs/comment-page-1/#comment-960 Khertan Tue, 16 Mar 2010 12:46:48 +0000 http://nokia-n900.com/?p=1541#comment-960 "vi is standard unix. learn that, you can edit on ANY unix system." Yep ... but require esc and tab key :) which isn't available on all keyboard ... :) “vi is standard unix. learn that, you can edit on ANY unix system.”

Yep … but require esc and tab key :) which isn’t available on all keyboard … :)

]]> By: Francois http://nokia-n900.com/editor-war-on-n900-vi-vs-emacs/comment-page-1/#comment-959 Francois Tue, 16 Mar 2010 10:36:39 +0000 http://nokia-n900.com/?p=1541#comment-959 Hey you missed something really important. GNU Emacs 23.1 itself is available on the N900. The real thing. See: http://forums.internettablettalk.com/showthread.php?t=37241 I use it with my bluetooth Thinkoutside keyboard, and it rocks. (I believe Qemacs is just a regular editor with EMACS bindings, but certainly not the real thing.) Cheers. Hey you missed something really important.
GNU Emacs 23.1 itself is available on the N900. The real thing.
See: http://forums.internettablettalk.com/showthread.php?t=37241
I use it with my bluetooth Thinkoutside keyboard, and it rocks.
(I believe Qemacs is just a regular editor with EMACS bindings, but certainly not the real thing.)

Cheers.

]]> By: andyr0ck http://nokia-n900.com/editor-war-on-n900-vi-vs-emacs/comment-page-1/#comment-958 andyr0ck Tue, 16 Mar 2010 10:27:51 +0000 http://nokia-n900.com/?p=1541#comment-958 pff. vi is standard unix. learn that, you can edit on ANY unix system. pff.

vi is standard unix. learn that, you can edit on ANY unix system.

]]> By: tom http://nokia-n900.com/editor-war-on-n900-vi-vs-emacs/comment-page-1/#comment-946 tom Mon, 15 Mar 2010 07:37:11 +0000 http://nokia-n900.com/?p=1541#comment-946 Grin@Khertan ;-) Indeed - for all mere mortals here, just use leafpad or pygtkeditor as a text editor on your N900. Grin@Khertan ;-)

Indeed – for all mere mortals here, just use leafpad or pygtkeditor as a text editor on your N900.

]]> By: Khertan http://nokia-n900.com/editor-war-on-n900-vi-vs-emacs/comment-page-1/#comment-945 Khertan Mon, 15 Mar 2010 06:35:09 +0000 http://nokia-n900.com/?p=1541#comment-945 The editor wars is already ended. PyGTKEditor rocks them all ! The editor wars is already ended. PyGTKEditor rocks them all !

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