I dont agree that vim is the most popular editor in the linux world I have seen more of emacs being used Features like syntax check , auto indent etc and keyboard macros make emacs my favourite Editor
Nikola Janceski wrote: > see inline comments > > >>-----Original Message----- >>From: Paul Tremblay [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >>Sent: Wednesday, July 31, 2002 12:24 PM >>To: begin begin >>Subject: Re: Perl IDE's v. Perl Editors was Re: Editor >> >> >>I'm surprised that more posters didn't advocate vim as *the* editor. >>I think it is linux world that did a survey and found that 80 >>percent of >>the users picked vim as their favorite editor. >> >>I originally started using vim, then switched to nedit, and now have >>switched back to vim. Nedit if very nice, but I had problems with >>keyboard commands. About half the time when I would press keys like >><cntrl> z to undo a command, I would get a "^ack" or >>something like that >>on the screen. > > > that's been fixed on the new release. > > >>I can see why vim is the most popular linux editor. It is extremelly >>powerful. It has all sorts of options for automatic inenting, >>as well as >>a feature called folding, which I still have to learn how to use; it >>bascially hides lines on your screen. So if you were working between >>your main program and a subroutine 1000 lines below, you could hide >>those thousand lines. Of course, vim as full highlighting >>capabilities. >>Vim offers so many options that I doubt I could learn them all. > > > nedit too, and the help docs are much better now, vim docs weren't that > great. > IMHO. > > >>The drawback to vim is that it is a bit hard to learn at first. It is >>keyboard driven, which goes against how most people learn to operate >>a computer, with a mouse. Of course, there is full graphical interface > > Ack, love the keyboard, hate the mouse. > > >>version of vim, which I use, called gvim. Once you get over >>the initial >>difficulty of learning vim (which should only take a few >>days?), then it >>can be easier to use, depending on your preferences. >> >>Vim is also one hundred percent free--as is Nedit. I wouldn't >>pay for an >>editor, with all the excellent free choices out there. >> > > Agreed. > > >>But nedit is also a good choice as an editor. It is very >>intuitive and also >>powerful. > > > And easy to learn. > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > -------------------- > The views and opinions expressed in this email message are the sender's > own, and do not necessarily represent the views and opinions of Summit > Systems Inc. > -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
