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From: Ludovic Brenta <ludovic@ludovic-brenta.org>
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Dmitry A. Kazakov writes on comp.lang.ada:
> You know, Emacs users and us, the others, represent different
> species. I'm certain that a scientific study would show that these
> don't even interbreed. Each Emacs user must have been abducted by
> aliens in flying saucers... (:-))

OK, maybe that's the crux of the problem.  Emacs users can browse, do
not need crutches, and do not want anything to get in the way :)

I may be an extreme example of this.  I use emacs fullscreen, with no
menu bar and no toolbar.  I don't need, use or want a "desktop
environment".  My window manager is ratpoison[1].  I use emacs as a
desktop calculator, telephone directory and organizer; for news and
email, file browsing, and of course programming.

> I have no idea how Martians (sorry, Emacs users (:-)) manage their
> projects. But I cannot remember more than three phone numbers, have a
> mercy! (:-))

I don't remember the key strokes for most Emacs commands, my fingers do.
Really.  Sometimes I have to pause for a moment to explain to new comers
some of the keyboard shortcuts I use constantly.  I use ada-mode to
navigate quickly from spec to body, from generic to all instantiations
thereof, to etc.  While navigating Ada sources, I almost never see a
directory, or a file.  If I need to look for a unit, the name of which I
remember, I use the emacs tags (ETAGS) facility.  As a last resort, I'll
grudgingly browse a directory looking for a file.  Using emacs's power,
of course.

Oh and the system I work on probably consists of a couple thousand
units, at least.

-- 
Ludovic Brenta.
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