Date: Mon, 05 Jun 1995 16:27:19 +0100
From: Thomas Eifert <EIFERT AT reze-1 DOT rz DOT rwth-aachen DOT de>
Subject: Re: Editor of choice
To: Aaron Ucko <UCKO AT VAX1 DOT ROCKHURST DOT EDU>, djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu
Reply-To: eifert AT rz DOT rwth-aachen DOT de
Organization: Rechenzentrum RWTH Aachen

Aaron wrote:

> Now _that's what I call efficiency.  Almost as soon as comp.os.msdos.djgpp
> was created, a holy war began...but I'd better get back to defending my own

it's not up to me to be the vi crusader...

> side here.
> 
> >vi has the advantage of running on all UNIXes (emacs as well, I know, but
> >not as standard) AND exists for DOS and OS/2, so if  You care for
> >having a similar environment wherever You are, vi may be a good choice.
> 
> JED has the same advantage.

many editors have, but I didn't mean availability - it's part of my job
to be around on MANY workstations on campus, and I can't rely on every
institute's site admin to install the editor of my choice (just NOT
to fight holy wars :-)), so I stick to vi. 
Anyway, my mail was intended to be a hint, surely not to start a fight,
and if one can work on a given set of workstations, this point is
not of interest at all.

Thomas Eifert