LinuxSpotting

Anything that doesn't fit into the other categories goes here - even non-Gentoox related posts can go here! Keep it clean, no flaming!
fuz
Power user
Posts: 228
Joined: Wed Oct 22, 2003 6:03 am
Location: sunshine coast, Australia
Contact:

LinuxSpotting

Post by fuz »

You may have seen it, you may have made it, you may know the meaning of life.... maybe you dont

Image

Choose.... errr..... stuff
127.0.0.1, wherever you go.. there you are!
Trogdor
Gentoox Guru!
Posts: 553
Joined: Tue Oct 07, 2003 9:57 pm
Location: MOUNT TAPE U1439 ON B3, NO RING

Post by Trogdor »

I can't believe the author of that put a plug for emacs in. I think my sig says it all.
MOUNT TAPE U1439 ON B3, NO RING

Q: HOW DO I RUN MAGIC ??
A: You run magic by not typing in capital letters.
fuz
Power user
Posts: 228
Joined: Wed Oct 22, 2003 6:03 am
Location: sunshine coast, Australia
Contact:

Post by fuz »

actually i thought your signature was open ended and contradictive..

do you like or dislike emacs?
127.0.0.1, wherever you go.. there you are!
ShALLaX
Site Admin
Posts: 1973
Joined: Sun Aug 10, 2003 9:25 pm
Location: England
Contact:

Post by ShALLaX »

Seems like fuz watches futurama.. judging by his sig ;)

I agree, Trog's sig is ambiguous.. emacs is actually pretty damned good, but I prefer using nano.
The original Xbox adaptation of Gentoo
nobspangle
Gentoox Guru!
Posts: 1681
Joined: Sun Sep 28, 2003 11:59 am
Location: Manchester, UK

Post by nobspangle »

everyone knows windows notepad is the best text editor there is
If you keep an open mind, will your brain fall out?
Trogdor
Gentoox Guru!
Posts: 553
Joined: Tue Oct 07, 2003 9:57 pm
Location: MOUNT TAPE U1439 ON B3, NO RING

Post by Trogdor »

fuz wrote:actually i thought your signature was open ended and contradictive..

do you like or dislike emacs?
I hate emacs. Basically, my sig is saying that emacs sucks as an editor, but has so many useless features that it could be compared to an OS.
MOUNT TAPE U1439 ON B3, NO RING

Q: HOW DO I RUN MAGIC ??
A: You run magic by not typing in capital letters.
ShALLaX
Site Admin
Posts: 1973
Joined: Sun Aug 10, 2003 9:25 pm
Location: England
Contact:

Post by ShALLaX »

Useless features such as...?
The original Xbox adaptation of Gentoo
fuz
Power user
Posts: 228
Joined: Wed Oct 22, 2003 6:03 am
Location: sunshine coast, Australia
Contact:

Post by fuz »

encouraging flaming signatures :)
127.0.0.1, wherever you go.. there you are!
rocketeer
Pro
Posts: 75
Joined: Sun Aug 17, 2003 12:05 am

Post by rocketeer »

I work as a programmer, and I use emacs 95% of the time. It just rocks.
fuz
Power user
Posts: 228
Joined: Wed Oct 22, 2003 6:03 am
Location: sunshine coast, Australia
Contact:

Post by fuz »

notepad is very..... well its the most unbloated proggie that ms have made... they should have left find out then it would have been base level editor... its.... notepad hurrah... er... look, a goodyear blimp

::runs::
127.0.0.1, wherever you go.. there you are!
spathi
Novice
Posts: 41
Joined: Fri Oct 24, 2003 4:58 am
Location: Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia
Contact:

Post by spathi »

I understand where trog is comming from, first time I read his sig i couldn't help but laugh. sure emacs is pretty good, but its the biggest editor i've ever installed. it would be the equiv. of a swiss army knife of software.

i like vim :)
Linux - In a world without fences, who needs GATES?
Trogdor
Gentoox Guru!
Posts: 553
Joined: Tue Oct 07, 2003 9:57 pm
Location: MOUNT TAPE U1439 ON B3, NO RING

Post by Trogdor »

ShALLaX wrote:Useless features such as...?
<cough>web browser</cough>


Ok, that is just for xemacs.
MOUNT TAPE U1439 ON B3, NO RING

Q: HOW DO I RUN MAGIC ??
A: You run magic by not typing in capital letters.
fuz
Power user
Posts: 228
Joined: Wed Oct 22, 2003 6:03 am
Location: sunshine coast, Australia
Contact:

Post by fuz »

kinda the NOKIA cell phone of the editor world :P
127.0.0.1, wherever you go.. there you are!
Trogdor
Gentoox Guru!
Posts: 553
Joined: Tue Oct 07, 2003 9:57 pm
Location: MOUNT TAPE U1439 ON B3, NO RING

Post by Trogdor »

Some useless/bloated features of emacs (or Xemacs):
-web browser
-file manager
-debugger
-analyist

Another reason I don't like it: the fact that it has profiles, making emacs on one person's machine totally different from emacs on another's.

I'm not saying that the above features are totally useless, just that they shouldn't be in an editor. In my opinion.
MOUNT TAPE U1439 ON B3, NO RING

Q: HOW DO I RUN MAGIC ??
A: You run magic by not typing in capital letters.
Trogdor
Gentoox Guru!
Posts: 553
Joined: Tue Oct 07, 2003 9:57 pm
Location: MOUNT TAPE U1439 ON B3, NO RING

Post by Trogdor »

It says, "choose a red hat, not a rain coat," but isn't Rain Coat something that has to do with Xbox Linux? I don't remember what it is.
MOUNT TAPE U1439 ON B3, NO RING

Q: HOW DO I RUN MAGIC ??
A: You run magic by not typing in capital letters.
Post Reply