"Steven D'Aprano" <stev...@source.com.au> wrote: >I use kwrite when on a GUI. When I can't avoid editing files remotely >over ssh, I use nano. > >Why? I dislike Gnome's user-interface, and I find gedit slightly too >underpowered and dumbed down for my taste. (Although it has a couple of >nice features.) Of the KDE editors, kedit is too basic and I've never got >into kate, although perhaps I should. kwrite has a nice clean, consistent >UI that matches other KDE apps, instead of being hideously ugly like some >apps I won't mention. > Interesting - Kwrite is essentially a bit of a dumbed down Kate - and I use both - for python stuff I use Kwrite, set up to indent with tabs, and for SDCL and C code I use Kate, set up to indent with spaces. I have not noticed a difference in the UI, except that Kate keeps a list of active files, and seems to remember what you were doing last time you used it. (on SuSe)
When ssh- ing I have been using vim, painfully. Must look at nano - sounds good. I really miss Brief. - Hendrik -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list