Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2003 21:24:36 -0500 From: Leo Bicknell <bicknell@ufp.org> To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: C coding editor Message-ID: <20030222022436.GA85969@ussenterprise.ufp.org> In-Reply-To: <20030221134906.GD995@straylight.oblivion.bg> References: <20030221122103.GA2073@asterix.local> <20030221134906.GD995@straylight.oblivion.bg>
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In a message written on Fri, Feb 21, 2003 at 03:49:06PM +0200, Peter Pentch=
ev wrote:
> that people might be used to. Basically, vi and cc need just one
> terminal, no more :)
I'll insert one editor comment. While it becomes obvious to most
people who use emacs (doubly true for emacs native in X, or xemacs)
that emacs can do /everything/, it also often seems to people that
vi can do "nothing".
I won't suggest vi can do everything that emacs can do, but about
once every 6 months I reread several vi references, and always
learn a half dozen new things. There are really an amazing number
of useful vi "features" that are not immediately obvious. Since
there are no easy menu's or an easy to understand programming
language they are often missed.
Of course, my personal belief is that you should always know multiple
tools. Program in vi for a while. Then emacs, then kdevel. You'll
find a feature in one that spawns an idea in another, and knowing
something about all of them helps you interact with people who only
use one of them. Indeed, I have been known at times to use vi for
all e-mail, and emacs for all coding, or vice versa. It really
doesn't take that much time, and teaches you so much more.
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