On 2009-10-03, Stroller <strol...@stellar.eclipse.co.uk> wrote: > > On 2 Oct 2009, at 17:16, Grant Edwards wrote: >> ... >> I don't like nano much either -- I find it rather clumsy, but >> at least it seems to be "safe". It doesn't trash my file every >> 30 seconds when I start typing content while in command mode. >> Honestly -- I've used vi infrequently but regularly (probably >> several times a month) for decades, and my brain just doesn't >> work the way vi does. > > What editor do you prefer, then?
I'm an emacs guy. I've been using emacs (or various clones such as jove and jed) for 25 years now. > IIRC when I was at uni (c 2000) one of the TA's suggested Joe > as an alternative to the traditional Unix editors. I have been > making a little effort in the last year or two to come to > grips with vi or vim, and am starting to prefer it, but ISTM > that the problem with traditional Unix editors (i.e. vi & > emacs) is that they depend upon learning obscure keyboard > shortcuts. I don't have any problem learning keystrokes. I do have problems with vi's modality. -- Grant
