From: Reid Thompson <Reid.Thompson@...>
Date: 2008-08-13T20:40:02+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby IDE

On Wed, 2008-08-13 at 10:36 +0900, Jayson Williams wrote:
> Ok. I have been seriously working with VIM for the first time, and I
> must say, it will be difficult to find anything as versatile as VIM.
> There is a small learning curve for casual use, and a slight shift in
> thinking, but after getting my feet wet, I am very impressed, and feel
> that VIM will most likely become my primary editor. Not really an IDE,
> but pretty darn close, and maybe even better.
> ~Jay
> 
> On Fri, Aug 8, 2008 at 12:01 PM, Dana Merrick <dmerrick@ics.com> wrote:
> > Jayson Williams wrote:
> >>
> >> I think I will give VIM a whirl.
> >
> > If you're gonna go with Vim, I highly recommend you buy O'Reilly's book on
> > learning Vi/Vim. Vi isn't like any other text editors that you have used
> > before.
> >
> > That being said, I encourage you to learn Vi, for in my opinion it is one of
> > the most valuable skills a programmer can have.
> >
> > -Dana
> >
> >
> > --
> > Dana Merrick - System Administrator
> > Integrated Computer Solutions, Inc.
> > 54B Middlesex Tpke, Bedford, MA 01730
> > 617.621.0060 x112 - http://www.ics.com
> >
> >
> 
for the little extras you might want, search the vim scripts archive...
ala
http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=95

http://robotics.eecs.berkeley.edu/~srinath/vim/snapshot2.JPG