Re: [Refdb-devel] Updated Emacs package, syntax highlighting, new name

[Michael S. <sm...@xm...>]

Bruce D'Arcus <bd...@fa...> writes:

> On Dec 16, 2003, at 8:36 PM, Michael Smith wrote:
> 
> >So when I type a backslash in mail messages -- I actually edit as
> >temporary files vim, it shows up in vim as a Yen symbol. But if I then
> >open that temp file in Emacs (or some other text editor), before I send
> >it, it'l still show up as a real backslash. So I guess the problem is
> >with what mutt does with those messages before I send it them.
> 
> Curious question:  why vim?

mutt doesn't have a built-in editor -- it needs to call a separate
editing app, and I've always had it set up to call vim. I guess I could
probably set it up to use the console version of emacs, but I've never
tried it.

I used Emac Gnus for e-mail for quite a while, but switched back to vim
some time ago. I can't remember why exactly, but I think I was having
problems with getting Japanese encodings set up in Gnus.

> Also, do you ever use vip-mode in emacs?

I've never tried it. I sort of seems like the "worst of both worlds" to
me :) At one time, I used an editor called "jed" that had an Emacs
emulation mode but was much smaller and faster than Emacs. I think I was
using it at the time because it had console color support and very good
support for doing "folded" editing.

  --Mike