Re: What programs do you make sure are installed on a new Linux

On Thu, 21 Nov 2024 05:27:37 GMT, Charlie Gibbs wrote:

On 2024-11-20, rbowman <bowman@montana.com> wrote:
 

On Wed, 20 Nov 2024 22:11:42 +0100, Carlos E.R. wrote:
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Both vi and emacs live in a different planet than I do.

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vi definitely lives someplace else in the solar system than vim or
gVim.
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The choice was easy back when disk space was at a premium. iirc, gVim
took around 2 MB, and emacs took over 20 MB. Of course gVim didn't tell
your fortune, play go, or require keyboard maneuvers equivalent to
playing B7 on a guitar.

 
Eight Megabytes And Constantly Swapping (back when 8MB was a lot).

I was thinking of the install on the HDD, not running it. I think I got
that far a couple of times before doing a purification rite of all things
emacs.

I did try it in later years when it had a GUI and menu but there never was
a compelling reason to go to it. There are the customizations but in my
dictionary loathe and lisp occur on the same page.