Comments on: The time has come http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2009/02/20/the-time-has-come/ K.Mandla's blog of Linux experiences Mon, 11 Feb 2013 18:19:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: zmjjmz http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2009/02/20/the-time-has-come/#comment-38615 Sat, 28 Feb 2009 02:30:02 +0000 http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2009/02/20/the-time-has-come/#comment-38615 This computer has nothing on my Psion 3a. 512KB RAM, and Ive never seen it use more than 256KB. Word processing, Calculator, CompuServe (lol not really), Agenda, File Manager, and a programming environment. All using less than 512KB RAM. <3 Symbian

]]> By: Nugnuts http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2009/02/20/the-time-has-come/#comment-38545 Mon, 23 Feb 2009 13:18:20 +0000 http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2009/02/20/the-time-has-come/#comment-38545 IanA: There is. Emacs has a couple of modes which emulate vi. My favorite is viper-mode. I recommend it as a good way to go for Emacs-users who want to learn vi.

]]> By: urukrama http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2009/02/20/the-time-has-come/#comment-38525 Sat, 21 Feb 2009 10:59:17 +0000 http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2009/02/20/the-time-has-come/#comment-38525 K.Mandla, if you are still willing to give vim a try, have a look at potwiki (http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=1018 ). It allows you to create a wiki with vim, and is probably a good replacement for zim.

You can even blog from vim: check out vimpress: http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=1953
Or vimblog: http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=2030

Vim is really not that hard to learn — especially compared to emacs!

]]> By: gad108 http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2009/02/20/the-time-has-come/#comment-38522 Fri, 20 Feb 2009 21:55:30 +0000 http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2009/02/20/the-time-has-come/#comment-38522 You could also try vim + vimoutliner? I don’t really know emacs org-mode, but it looks a bit similar.

]]> By: Empty http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2009/02/20/the-time-has-come/#comment-38520 Fri, 20 Feb 2009 13:05:32 +0000 http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2009/02/20/the-time-has-come/#comment-38520 Nice to see that you’re learning Emacs. But why not play Nethack in Emacs? And why not handle your e-mail in it as well?

]]> By: K.Mandla http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2009/02/20/the-time-has-come/#comment-38518 Fri, 20 Feb 2009 12:57:01 +0000 http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2009/02/20/the-time-has-come/#comment-38518 Well, to be honest … I don’t remember. I recall it taking a long time to boot, and I know for a fact the machine was 98 percent useless with it since it couldn’t get on the internet (I know of no drivers for wireless cards for Windows 95, but I didn’t look very hard). After that though, I equate Win95′s performance with something less than IceWM. Nothing beautiful, quick for the machine it was running on, but little more to speak of than that. It is, sometimes, a shame that Microsoft abandoned it. But I wasn’t in any hurry to make it work though. :|

]]> By: sertse http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2009/02/20/the-time-has-come/#comment-38517 Fri, 20 Feb 2009 11:56:51 +0000 http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2009/02/20/the-time-has-come/#comment-38517 I know at least one project that is taking the idea of an “emacs OS” seriously. Well it’ll be using Ubuntu, but almost everything you do with the computer will be run though emacs; Emacs as a sort of DE. I can’t wait to see how it’ll turn out…but it highlights how extensible emacs really is. :P

Back on topic: Amazing as always, though I wonder… how did Win 95 which come with the comp (iirc) run? Must admit, it provided a better graphical experience. I’ll say the same about distros like DSL…, sure it shows how Linux can run on old hardware, but ..it still looks uglier than Win 95. Pity about outdated software and various security vulnerabilities though.

]]> By: IanA http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2009/02/20/the-time-has-come/#comment-38516 Fri, 20 Feb 2009 10:56:44 +0000 http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2009/02/20/the-time-has-come/#comment-38516 James is right! Is there a port of vi for emacs?

]]> By: James http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2009/02/20/the-time-has-come/#comment-38514 Fri, 20 Feb 2009 03:07:27 +0000 http://kmandla.wordpress.com/2009/02/20/the-time-has-come/#comment-38514 Emacs may be a decent operating system, but you’ll need a text editor at some point. ;-)

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