Re: Fatal error (11). Emacs/ Linux hosed my very long document.

[Dan Espen]

Mike Cox <mikecoxlinux@yahoo.com> writes:

>  The reason I didn't even save in the first place was because emacs never
> asked me to create a new document when I started it up.  It just dumped me
> in some "buffer".  In VIM you have to specify a file when you open a
> document.  Makes sense, and it works unlike emacs.

Huh?

I just typed in "vim".

It gave me a buffer and let me insert text.

I don't see a difference.