From: Logan Capaldo <logancapaldo@...>
Date: 2006-05-16T17:06:18+09:00
Subject: Re: Editing ruby code with Emacs or Vim ?


On May 15, 2006, at 10:14 PM, 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" -- I dont intend to start a diskussion about the key
>  feature for general editing of both editors.
>
>  I only want to know what editor has better (spezialized) features for
>  codeing Ruby.
>
>  Kind regarda and thank you very much for any help in advance !
>  mcc
>

I use Vim, mostly because everytime I try to use emacs I can't wrap  
my brain around the key combos, although since I've switched to a mac  
I have been picking up the basic editing shortcuts. (C-a, C-e, C-k, C- 
y, etc.) I think it's a crime that the vim concept of yanking means  
pretty much the exact opposite of the Emacs concept of yanking (I  
don't car really which definition you choose, I just wish the letter  
'y' meant the same thing in both). To go off on a tangent for a  
moment if I may be allowed, I think the biggest problem with any text  
editor, is that it's exactly that a text _editor_. Everything has all  
these neat features for manipulating and changing existing text, I  
want a text creator/generator. Code completion is close, but it still  
requires too much typing. I guess I should learn APL and get the  
right kind of keyboard <g>.