Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2000 08:31:54 +1030 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Jonathon McKitrick <jcm@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: programmer's editor choice Message-ID: <20000127083154.X44457@freebie.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0001261407510.31377-100000@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> References: <20000122150828.D390@mojave.worldwide.lemis.com> <Pine.BSF.4.21.0001261407510.31377-100000@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org>
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On Wednesday, 26 January 2000 at 14:11:24 +0000, Jonathon McKitrick wrote: > 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. They're not intuitive. Neither are vi commands. The fact is that it doesn't matter too much; you learn them just as quickly. Greg -- When replying to this message, please copy the original recipients. For more information, see http://www.lemis.com/questions.html Finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key See complete headers for address and phone numbers To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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