Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2000 14:11:24 +0000 (GMT) From: Jonathon McKitrick <jcm@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> To: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: programmer's editor choice Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0001261407510.31377-100000@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> In-Reply-To: <20000122150828.D390@mojave.worldwide.lemis.com>
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On Sat, 22 Jan 2000, Greg Lehey wrote: >On Friday, 21 January 2000 at 23:39:12 +0000, Jonathon McKitrick wrote: >> Not to start a war or anything, but i'm trying to decide on a fast >> powerful editor. I've been using joe, and i just started learning >> vi, and i like it so far. But there are new editors and new >> versions of vi that seem to have a lot to offer. I've narrowed it >> down to vi, an enhanced version of vi (vile or vim?) uemacs, or joe. > >> I really like the efficiency of vi so far, but i have a long ways to >> go before i am proficient. > >It's a steep curve. Well, i installed emacs 19 and then 20 (didn't see much of a difference, IIRC, but the problem i had was there seems to be no rhyme or reason to the key bindings. The keys for moving the cursor make some sense, but when it comes to extra commands, well, it just doesn't seem intuitive. Maybe i'll get the hang of it in time. -=> jm <=- "I've done questionable things, also extraordinary things.... Revel in your time!" To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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