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Re: Emacs Problem
- From: Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha at cs dot nyu dot edu>
- To: "Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc)" <lhall at rfk dot com>
- Cc: cygwin at cygwin dot com
- Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2003 17:33:09 -0500 (EST)
- Subject: Re: Emacs Problem
- Reply-to: cygwin at cygwin dot com
On Wed, 15 Jan 2003, Larry Hall (RFK Partners, Inc) wrote:
> At 03:39 PM 1/15/2003, Scott Purcell wrote:
> >Hello,
> >I got ambitious during lunch and installed emacs. At the cmd line I type in emacs and all works great.
> >I got one problem though, it will not quit.
>
> Yeah, so? What's the problem? Emacs is the end-all of software, right? It's
> supposed to do everything except make your coffee in the morning, no? So
> *why* would you *ever* want to quit from it? ;-) ;-) ;-)
>
> No flames or editor-wars, please! :-)
As one of my friends would say:
- It doesn't make my coffee in the morning? :-o Oh, no! What have I been
drinking all these years?
And, as my other friend would say:
- I wish I could just boot emacs as an operating system...
Igor
P.S. Personally, I use vim :q No disrespect for Emacs intended.
> [snip]
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