[PLUG] Emacs Question

Ronald Chmara ron at Opus1.COM
Sat Nov 3 08:52:49 UTC 2007


On Nov 3, 2007, at 12:25 AM, kurt braget wrote:
> i don't see why you would'nt just type <delete><space> while in  
> edit mode.

Because in a line editor,  there is *no* newline to delete. The  
newline is above you, not on the line to be edited.

Yes, this makes jaws drop and heads explode.

> or if you're on the 'y' of lazy,

So, you have to navigate *to* the line to change, in order to delete  
that <newline> character at the end of the line......

> i've never used plain old vi, which sounds like was pretty good at  
> just pissing people off.

This is why we argue about it. ;)

It's not an actual debate at this point, so much as cheerful goading,  
in hopes that the opposing team will learn from the "home team's"  
successes and failures, regardless of which team a person is arguing  
for.

>  i'm so glad i joined this
> group, i mean, who else am i going to talk to about vi (or vim) as  
> if it
> were shakespeare?

Did you sever maiden vi newlines?

(With apologies to all who haven't read the play with a bawdy mind,  
Romeo and Juliet is fairly, uhm, over the top).

-Bop





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