Kaffeine playback jerky
david
d.mcglone at att.net
Thu Sep 4 02:15:30 UTC 2008
On Wednesday 03 September 2008 3:33:33 pm Derek Broughton wrote:
> Knapp wrote:
> >> and I suppose you like root canals without anesthetic also. *<]:oD
> >
> > Better than walking around with a numb face all day. :-P
> >
> >> I looked at vim for just a bit but all that's installed right now is
> >> tiny-vim. After some experience with vi I don't know.
> >
> > There are two programs that are modal in nature and they give people
> > fits that are not willing to take the time to learn them well. On is
> > VIM AKA VI and the other is Blender3d. In both cases once you know it
> > you will never want to go back to the slow inefficient style of the
> > old ways, also both have great power once mastered.
>
> LOL. How many people actually use Blender?
>
> I don't know vi, don't want to, but I was once an Emacs guru, and since the
> subject of vi vs emacs can cause so many flame wars, I have to assume that
> the capabilities are at least similar. But I'm _never_ going back to
> Emacs - these _editors_ are just that: editors. All the other things they
> can do are just enormous time-wasters that suck you in. Why would I want
> to turn vi or emacs into an IDE? I have eclipse for that. Why do I need
> syntax highlighting? Even kate can do that. Why would I want vi to be my
> email editor? We have mail programs. You name a wonderful feature I can
> get from vi, and I bet I have another, more intuitive, way to do it.
Here is the biggest reason in the world to use it:
Our wives don't know how to! LOL
You think she wants to read your e-mail in a dull ugly black screen like pine?
Ha! if she even knew how to use a CLI she'd most likely get out her makeup
case and try to make it look better instead of reading your e-mail.
--
David M.
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