Date: Thu, 14 May 1998 22:21:47 +0100 (BST) From: Duncan Barclay <dmlb@ragnet.demon.co.uk> To: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Opinion on editors (vile and vim) Message-ID: <XFMail.980514222147.dmlb@computer.my.domain>
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Hi I don't want to start a flame fest; just trying to work out whether switching to Vim-5.x from Vile-7.x is worth it. I have been using Vile for the past few years and I am comfortable with its approach to the "Vi" extras (selections, scripting language...) Vim is similar in functionality but does seem to have a very different way of dealing with selections. I think I might like the syntax highlighting in Vim; Vile has this but it uses an external filter program thus Vile highlights don't update as you are editing. What are your opinions on syntax highlighting? Is it worth the grief to switch editors just to get Vim's dynamic highlighting? Duncan --- ________________________________________________________________________ Duncan Barclay | God smiles upon the little children, dmlb@ragnet.demon.co.uk | the alcoholics, and the permanently stoned. ________________________________________________________________________ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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