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[gaf at blu.org (Jerry Feldman)]

On Sat, 12 Feb 2005 00:09:48 -0500 (EST)
David Backeberg <dave at math.mit.edu> wrote:

> Both editors support copy and paste, special color highlighting (vim
or 
> emacs run within X), and other nice features for "power users". Emacs
also 
> has "buffer modes", which affect the way syntax highlighting behaves,
for 
> instance, there are special color modes for editing C++ or html files.
One of the things I do frequently in emacs is to use ediff. This is a
diff mode that allows you to compare 2 or more files. Each difference is
color highlighted, and you can perform various operations. 

BTW: Vi also has multiple buffers, so you can copy something into a
buffer, load another file, and paste, but I think that emacs is a bit
easier here.

Another emacs feature is keyboard macros. You can record a keyboard
macro, name it and save it. 

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Jerry Feldman <gaf at blu.org>
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