From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,bc94896f23dccfae X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2003-03-06 11:47:07 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!logbridge.uoregon.edu!hammer.uoregon.edu!skates!not-for-mail From: Stephen Leake Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Somewhat on Topic: Word Processing Date: 06 Mar 2003 14:45:25 -0500 Organization: NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (skates.gsfc.nasa.gov) Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: anarres.gsfc.nasa.gov Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: skates.gsfc.nasa.gov 1046980763 23792 128.183.235.92 (6 Mar 2003 19:59:23 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@news.gsfc.nasa.gov NNTP-Posting-Date: 6 Mar 2003 19:59:23 GMT User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.2 Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:34988 Date: 2003-03-06T19:59:23+00:00 List-Id: DPH writes: > [about Emacs] Gimmie a pull-down menu every time... Emacs has pull-down menus, for the most common operations. It also has a very easily accessed complete list of the key bindings. Yes, there is a lot to learn to use Emacs well; I've been using it for 15 years, and I'm still learning. Same goes for Ada, and for any powerful, complex, extremely useful system. > I was gonna build a cheat sheet of commands until someone told me > there are 100's of them. Knowing I'd never memorize 'em all, I went > back to what I was using and uninstalled emacs. Ok. You'll be less productive than me, so I'll survive better in the market place :). -- -- Stephe