[Discuss] mozex: editing with your favorite editor

[Daniel M German]

 Adam Parkin twisted the bytes to say:


 Adam> Daniel M German wrote:
 >> I think it depends on how you approach editing text. If you are only
 >> typing a paragraph straight, sure, it might not help.
 >> But you _edit_ a message: you might cut and paste, reorganize text,
 >> reformat, indent, insert info from different sources, move around the
 >> message. Say you want to insert the output from a program, or insert
 >> a file
 >> into the message. 

 Adam> But that's my point, maybe I am just working from a different
 Adam> paradigm, but I can't say that anything you just described sounds like
 Adam> something I'd do in an e-mail (or at least not to the degree that
 Adam> requires anything over basic cut, copy, and paste).  While editing
 Adam> code, working on a paper, etc, sure, but not in an e-mail.

I don't contest that. WIth enough time and initiative you can do
everything. In my case I want to be able to do it as productively as
possible.

Mouse cut&past is a waste of time (IMO).

dmg



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