From: james@...
Date: 2002-04-05T02:03:33+09:00
Subject: RE: TextPad replacement for Linux?

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> > I personally think that vim and emacs are worth the learning process
> > they require.
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> Why exactly?

That's not my quote above, but I'll pitch in anyway :)

I got tired of using different keyboard commands on Windows and
Not-Windows.  I wanted a single editor that:
 Supported syntax highlighting
 Was extensible with scripts and macros
 Had wide-spread support (i.e., lots of help on the web)
 Loaded and ran fast
 Could be found on almost every computer
 Had a gradual learning curve

I went for Vi/Vim.  I tried emacs, too hard :)  Vi was on every machine I
encountered at my last job.  (Not sure if Solaris ships with emacs.) Vim 6
supports Ruby scripts.

James


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> Tobi
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