From: James Britt <james_b@...>
Date: 2006-05-16T13:29:36+09:00
Subject: Re: Editing ruby code with Emacs or Vim ?

Meino Christian Cramer wrote:
> Hi,
> 
>  What is your opinion:
>  Which editor of the two above is better for editing/developing ruby
>  code - Vim or Emacs ?
> 
>  This is not intended as a fire starter for another "Emacs vs. Vim
>  holy war" -- 

Too late!  Pandora's box has been opened.

No, actually is is a very good question, so long as it doesn't devolve 
into a "mine's bigger" thread.

I've been using gvim for a while, but have been poking around with 
xemacs.  One big hurdle is figuring out how to assorted configuration; 
for the life of me I cannot discover how to set up a different color scheme.

A vi <=> emacs translation/migration guide would be handy, something 
that maps basic tasks, common settings, and so on, between the two, for 
people moving from one to the other.

Does anyone know of such a thing?


Oh, and to answer your initial question, my Ruby-coding experience with 
vim has been quite pleasant.    There is a ruby-vim gem with assorted 
menus and macros for Ruby hacking, plus it is possible to compile vim so 
that you can write vim functions in Ruby.

I've not learned enough about emacs to offer an opinion.  But, Matz uses 
it, which should count for something.


-- 
James Britt

"In Ruby, no one cares who your parents were, all they care
  about is if you know  what you are talking about."
   - Logan Capaldo