Re: [SLUG] Vi is for newbies

[Jamie Honan <jhonan@nospam.optushome.com.au>]

Anand: (sent to him originally without slug on cc list)

> I wonder if perhaps the best thing to do would be to have each side
> simply present their strengths.

I think it worked because neither side truly believed their position.

Yesterday, in my quest to view a one meg csv file (comma separated)
I tried my usual suspects (Abacus - a tk based spreadsheet,
sc - no, slsc - couldn't compile, teapot - very promising but didn't
work, StarOffice - nah) and found an emacs 'plugin' (is that the word?)
called dismal (Dis' Mode Ain't lotus).

(Reminder: I really must get a life).

Unfortunately, it doesn't handle csv files 'out of the box', although
I'm sure that is not to hard to modify.

A line struck me from the affirmative to the effect that
emacs only works on part of your file at once, doesn't neccessarily
read the whole thing in memory. I didn't know that about emacs, it's
certainly something to keep in mind.

The only argument that is worthwhile is one that changes your
mind.

Jamie



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