[plug] Editors

[stephen.]

Peter Wright wrote:
> 
> On Fri, Oct 15, 1999 at 11:55:47AM +0800, Matt Kemner wrote:
> > On Fri, 15 Oct 1999, Gavin Tweedie wrote:
> >
> > > So of those of you who use vi or a clone, which do you use and
> > > why?

VI is terrible gvim is far better - but these days i usually use custom
specific editors like wpe, kwrite 
mcedit - staroffice etc 
I'ts unfortunate that many mnuals for unix give the impression that vi
is the only editor available 
so along comes a new or novice user and confronted with vi is totally
put off using unix at all.
I would never reccomended vi to anyone- i may suggest gvim caus it
finally addressed the needs
of novice users ( easy to use with gui ). 

> >
> > I use vim, because it has split-screen support (for the same file,
> > or multiple files), multi level undo (and redo), the ability to
> > highlight text, and then perform an operation on that text, and the
> > fact it's real easy to "record" keystrokes, and then play them back.
> 
> <rabidadvocacy>Vim rules!!!!</rabidadvocacy>
> 
> Seriously though, without undue prejudice to the many fine
> vi-clone/extensions out there (elvis, nvi, vile, etc.) vim would have
> to be the most powerful/popular/featureful/etcetera.
> 
> As far as I can tell, Vim is the most popular editor on comp.editors
> by a fair margin, and it's for a good reason. Also, if you lend any
> credence to them, the Linuxworld awards gave Vim second place in the
> "Editors" category behind Emacs.
> 
> Have a look at http://www.vim.org/press/ for other miscellaneous
> articles/propaganda/advocacy on Vim.
> 
> >  - Matt
> 
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