[Novices] K mail

[Greg Mason]

> IBM documentation always refers to using VI;  doesn't that settle it?
> Seems cannonical to me - VI is the superior choice.  Emacs is for
> pot-smoking free-love anti-hygene hippies!!!
You forgot mac users... :)
>> Since this is the "novices" list, let me say to all newbies to forget
>> this VI/emacs conversation.  Both are high-end editors, and both have
>> _considerable_ learning curves.  IMO, most newbies should stick with
>> their GUI email editor and spend their time spent learning in other
>> areas of Linux (until they become more comfortable with Linux anyway).
>>
> Probably right;  and even I spend more time in gedit these days than 
> VI.
> That whole cut-n-paste thing is pretty cool.
Actually, for simple text editing in the command line, I find myself 
using pico quite a bit. Either that or TextEdit in OS X.

I prefer KEdit and KWrite in KDE for my GUI text editing needs on 
Linux, and, honestly, i can't really find the difference between the 
two apps for simple purposes...
>
>> Then they should learn VI and forget about Emacs.   ;->
>
> Straght up!
Whatever... I'll take my Emacs any day over VI. Of course, I'll prolly 
take my PowerBook over my Linux box as well (sorry, I'm spoiled by a 
3D-accelerated GUI, that and the fact that my linux box has some 
serious hardware problems that I don't have the cash to fix right now).