[COFF] Re: editor wars

On 7/21/25 11:00 AM, Larry McVoy wrote: I don't think it's that. I think it's simpler: you put the time in to master something -- or at least become familiar with it. Mastery breeds familiarity breeds comfort. Even if after the fact you try to `spend time' with another tool or editor, you're bucking the already-established comfort level you've obtained. I have a working knowledge of vi -- readline has vi key bindings, and POSIX specifies them -- but I wouldn't say I have a comfort level there. Just enough to get around. -- ``The lyf so short, the craft so long to lerne.'' - Chaucer ``Ars longa, vita brevis'' - Hippocrates Chet Ramey, UTech, CWRU chet(a)case.edu http://tiswww.cwru.edu/~chet/