On 7/8/07, Mohan Nayaka mohansn@gmail.com wrote:
<rant> Sorry to play the devil's advocate but I think not. I used xemacs and am still trying learn it. It uses keybindings different from so many other editors that it leads confusion when you have to use emacs *and* other editors. For e.g. C-g goes to a specific line number in most other editors,
Why would you want to use other editors when you have emacs ;) </joke>
whereas in xemacs it aborts the currently running command or he one being typed. I still haven't found an equivalent to <esc>:q!<enter> that is, to exit losing all changes, no questions asked. In xemacs I still have to type "yes" when emacs asks me whether I want to exit without saving. Of course, I could do M-~ and exit.
I've found <ctrl>+x+s and <ctrl>+x+c much faster than <esc>+:w and <esc>+:q.
There is no text copy facility: you have to cut, and paste twice.
Again, I've found emacs copy paste easier to use than vi's. Take your cursor to the start of the point where you want to copy and press <ctrl>+<space>. Then go to the end of the section your want to copy and press <Esc> and then <shift>+w.
To cut+paste do <ctrl>+<space> and <Esc> and <ctrl>+w.