From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-Id: <200206101700.SAA01376@localhost.localdomain> To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu Subject: Re: [9fans] Emacs In-Reply-To: Message from Blake McBride of "Mon, 10 Jun 2002 09:53:24 GMT." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii From: Steve Kilbane Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2002 18:00:23 +0100 Topicbox-Message-UUID: a948e406-eaca-11e9-9e20-41e7f4b1d025 > Anyway, I'm embarking on a project which only requires a > C compiler and an editor. I thought I'd do it on Plan 9 but, > to be perfectly honest with you, I really have to have a powerful > editor in order to remain productive. I suspect you also have to have a powerful editor *that you're familiar using*. Plan 9 is different from what you're used to, so you can expect to dump that familiarity and clamber up the learned curve first. In some ways, arguing the differences here is like arguing the differences between programming languages from different families. You can do the same things with them, but you choose between them because their different attributes suit your situation better. "Better" is arguably subjective (as in, we'd probably get an argument). Just stick with "different". steve