From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Jan 22 16:36:38 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from smtp2.cybersurf.net (smtp2.cybersurf.net [209.197.145.112]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id CC34114FA4 for ; Sat, 22 Jan 2000 16:36:33 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from 01031149@3web.net) Received: from webserver ([209.197.153.41]) by smtp2.cybersurf.net (Netscape Messaging Server 4.05) with SMTP id FORJ0U00.FMR for ; Sat, 22 Jan 2000 17:36:30 -0700 Message-Id: Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2000 17:37:41 -0700 X-Priority: 3 From: Duke Normandin <01031149@3web.net> X-Mailer: Mail Warrior To: jcm@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: programmer's editor choice Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8Bit X-Mailer-Version: v3.55 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On 01/22/2000 6:38:41 AM, Jonathon McKitrick wrote: >On Sat, 22 Jan 2000, James A Wilde wrote: > >>Thoughts, yes! >> >>I asked nearly the same question a few months ago. The conclusion I came to >>was: stick to vi for two reasons: > >Well, i think i have to agree with you. I installed vim last night, >and a friend gave me a few lines for the config file... I now have >color context highlighting, c indentation, and more! I love this >editor! Small, fast, (not like emacs) like you said, on every >machine.... The color looks great, the commands are very powerful and >efficient. I really picked up the basics fast. I think i've >decided... :-) > >-=> jm <=- Will vi syntax highlighting work in console mode? If so, would you consider sending me a copy of that ``config'' file your friend provided? It sure would make working with my ``php3'' stuff more in line with what I've been used to on win9x. TIA... -duke To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message