Textedit wars (was vi vs emacs in a student environment)

[lyn bartram]

In article <4736 at vdsvax.steinmetz.ge.com> barnett at steinmetz.ge.com (Bruce G. Barnett) writes:
>Actually, I use textedit a lot. It has several things going for it.
>Also, textedit is MUCH more powerful than it seems at first glance.
>
>For instance, I can click on the entire file (four quick clicks), and
>press one function key. 
>
>The power of the pending delete, secondary selection, and multiple
>clicking provides a very powerful set of accerators.
>
>Let's say I wanted to swap the contents of two buffers or files.
>This can be done by:
>
>	Hold down Control and quad-click with the left mouse

	...etc.   *Quad* clock?  4 quick clicks?  Why 4?  if there are any
	other multiple clicks ( double, even single ) i can just imagine
	the ease of making errors.