Date: Sat, 20 Nov 1999 20:08:51 -0600 From: "Ryan Thompson [FreeBSD]" <freebsd@sasknow.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Programmers' editor? Message-ID: <38375433.193946BF@sasknow.com>
next in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
Hi all;
As many of us here are programmers, and do so in FreeBSD, I reasoned
that this would be great place to find out what console text editors
people use. Before this thread even gets going, though, let's remember
not to start a flamewar, and move relevant parts to -chat :-)
I currently use lpe (I downloaded/compiled, but there's a slightly dated
version available in ports, last time I checked). I do a great deal of
development in Perl and Java, with copious amounts of C(++) and HTML
thrown in. lpe handles the syntax highlighting for all of these (and
the colours aren't that bad, either :-) The only things I find (more
than slightly) annoying about lpe is its lack of auto-indent, and lack
of configuration options (most, if not all persistent configuration
options must be compiled in). Not-so-slightly annoying is its lack of
automatic indents (i.e. tab width indent after a curly { brace).
Admittedly, lpe isn't built for power, but it turns out to be a good
all-around editor.
If I had a large programming project sprawled over many source files,
admittedly, I'd move over to something more like emacs... But, for the
day to day edits and smaller projects, lpe is about the best I've found,
and walks with a very small footprint.
Feel free to 'disagree' with me; I'd like to see what others are using.
--
Ryan Thompson
VP Technical/Accounts
ryan@sasknow.com
(306) 664-1161
SaskNow Technologies
http://www.sasknow.com
#106-380 3120 8th Street East
Saskatoon, Sask S7H 0W2
To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org
with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?38375433.193946BF>