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Re:Life is 90% of my use cases for org-mode by saagarjha on Sunday June 28, 2020 @08:03PM (#23673065)
Anyone that knows what vi is almost certainly knows what emacs is.
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Re:Life is 90% of my use cases for org-mode by totetsu on Sunday June 28, 2020 @08:18PM (#23673152)
I'd say there is a fair few beginner Linux users who have followed a tutorial on OMGUbuntu or stackexchange who know of VI but will never hear of emacs.
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Re:Life is 90% of my use cases for org-mode by nordsieck on Sunday June 28, 2020 @08:34PM (#23673231)
> I'd say there is a fair few beginner Linux users who have followed a tutorial on OMGUbuntu or stackexchange who know of VI but will never hear of emacs.

Ok.

But of those people who stick with vi for more than 6 months, how many of them have yet to hear of emacs at that point? Maybe 5%?

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