Anyone willing to do a 15 - 20 minute emacs talk on the 13th? (wasRe: [wplug-plan] Seeking topic/speaker suggestions for Jan 13th GUM)

[Greg Simkins]

Did you notice the related Slashdot article yesterday? 
http://it.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=07/01/06/0927209

There may be some interesting tidbits in there for the speakers.

Greg


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bill Moran" <wmoran at potentialtech.com>
To: "Planning List for WPLUG" <wplug-plan at wplug.org>
Sent: Sunday, January 07, 2007 10:52 AM
Subject: Anyone willing to do a 15 - 20 minute emacs talk on the 13th? 
(wasRe: [wplug-plan] Seeking topic/speaker suggestions for Jan 13th GUM)


> Michael Semcheski <lists at immuneit.com> wrote:
>>
>> I jokingly posted a vi-vs-emacs message on the wplug list.  Its Friday
>> night, I'm having a little fun.
>>
>> But then I thought, gee whiz, its been a long time since I've used
>> emacs.  Maybe there's stuff I'm missing.
>>
>> So, here's an idea for a lightning topic.  Emacs.  I can do vi.  I don't
>> mean have a debate about which one is better, because obviously thats
>> insane.  But I'd like to see some of the advanced stuff you can do with
>> emacs.  And there are plenty of tricks you can do with vi.
>
> I like the idea, personally.  Anyone willing to do emacs?
>
> To keep things civil, what say we lay some ground rules, each speaker
> is allowed to _only_ extol the virtues of their favorite editor.  Let
> the audience make the comparison, but the speakers are not permitted
> to.
>
> Break your talk down in to 3, 5-minute sections
> 1) Learning curve.
> 2) time-saving features.
> 3) Advanced features.
>
> That should leave you with a 15 - 20 minute talk.
>
> Any takers on the emacs side?
>
> -Bill
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