quote:Original post by Arild Fines
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For someone who insults me for being "condescending" and thinking everyone who uses Windows is "retarted" (oh the irony), you yourself are pretty insulting and juvenile.

Anyway, I suggest you reread what I wrote because I''m not going to correct your mistakes.

Okay, maybe a little.

Points 3, 4, 5 are still irrelevant. Point 3 is flat wrong. I''d give you the answer but your opinion of me wouldn''t change. I''m not in the habit of helping closed minded fools. Point 4 is still a problem with you using a UNIX tool in Windows with other Windows tools. Point 5 is still a problem with you using someone else''s computer and not vim. Why are you coding on someone else''s computer anyway???

I don''t understand the problem with point 1. Even if the cursor doesn''t follow, you''re not hitting any extra keys if does (okay, maybe in the odd case of the beginning or end of file where page up/down would make vim forget which line on the screen you were on, I don''t consider that a huge loss). If you''re really really intent on not losing that precious cursor position, :split, ctrl-w j, scroll, :q! .

I was trying to make a small joke about being crippled with Windows. I have never had a problem keeping files organized with *nix. I have had a number of problems wtih organizing things in Windows. It''s all a matter of what you''re familiar with. In this case, it boils down to using UNIX stuff in Windows.

For the record, I don''t believe anyone is stupid because of choosing Windows. Indeed, most people shouldn''t need to take the time to learn *nix because it wouldn''t provide much value to them. My parents don''t care that copying files could take only seconds in Linux or that they can recompile their kernel for more performance. They want to *click click click* and be done. For computer professionals however, I believe *nix provides a number of benefits. First of all being a broadened experience. "If you only have a hammer, everything looks like nail" and all that. Furthermore, I believe that learning *nix provides you with a better understanding your computer. Something akin to learning assembly gives you a better understanding of C and C++.

As for driving people away from Linux, on the contrary, I''ve personally helped several people learn Linux. I don''t push and I don''t assume it''s a cure all for their computer problems. If you''re interested in why I thought they could use Linux: 2 wanted to learn programming (C and Perl), 3 wanted to run servers, and the rest were just interested in learning, which I admire.

However, I do insult Windows itself on a regular basis. After using Linux for close to 4 years now, everytime I go back to Windows is just a horrible experience. Comparing Windows design decisions to UNIX ones is just so hilarious. Drive letters (not fixed to my satisfaction in 2k/XP), Explorer''s numerous UI abominations, ridiculously long folder names (C:\Documents and Settings and Options and Files and Your Neighbors Cat\Andrew), ugly ass themes that can''t change (StyleXP is timed shareware and the free one broke with the latest service pack; why should I have to hack this anyway? f''ing ridiculous). Overall, Windows is now one huge joke for me so pardon me while I laugh my ass off at its incompetence.