>> > >>What text editor are you using? ...

  Rob> vi is everywhere, and I have been forced to
  Rob> learn it. Emacs is not everywhere.

As one who has used forms of Emacs almost exclusively
since 1987, I will nonetheless agree with Rob's advice.

One of the very first principles of becoming familiar
with *any* form of Unix system is to learn vi, which
has been standard on every such system for decades.
It's safe to say that if you don't know vi, you don't
know Unix/Linux. And vi (and its descendants) is really
quite good -- extremely powerful, good enough for
production quality use by most Unix professionals
(programs, sysadmins, etc.). Everyone should know it.

GNU Emacs is available as standard gear on just about
any GNU/Linux system one is liable to encounter, so
pointing out that Emacs is not everywhere, while
technically true, does not paint an accurate picture of
the reality.

I'm a long-time advocate of Emacs/XEmacs, but that
subject has been discussed to death, so I now opt not
to participate. It's one of those things where you
either get it or you don't.

Learn vi and you will always be able to get lots of
work done on a Unix/Linux system.

-- 
Lynn David Newton
Phoenix, AZ
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