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From: john.mccabe@emrad.ns.com (John McCabe)
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Subject: Re: cross-platform source code editor
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On Fri, 22 Mar 2002 11:42:11 -0500, John Stoneham
<captnjameskirk@moc.oohay> wrote:

> My point is that I just don't like it. I want my source code 
> editor to be *pleasant* to use, and yes, to look at. Using emacs makes me 
> feel like I'm a surgeon in the Civil War using ether as my general 
> anesthetic. I just don't think the product justifies the learning curve 
> here, at least for me.

As a matter of interest, what is it in particular that you don't like?
It may be that you have missed something in the configuration, or an
additional package, that may improve your view of it.