[GLLUG] Emacs IRC Client Trouble

[Marshal Newrock]

On Thu, 24 Jan 2008 23:21:16 -0600
Chick Tower <c.e.tower at gmail.com> wrote:

> Just use GAIM, Pidgin, or Kopete, Bill.  They come with Slackware.
> 
> That's one of my pet peeves with emacs.  It can be adapted to do
> almost anything, which is not the Unix/Linux philosophy of small
> utilities to do one job supremely well.  But why would you bother to
> modify a text editor to be a chat client, or a Usenet client?  Just
> because you can does not mean it's the right tool for the job.  I
> could wash dishes in my toilet, but I'll pass.

It's possible to run vim within emacs.  :)

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