Re: Source code editor
Tero M�ntyvaara wrote:
I am looking for shell program for source code edition. I have used
nano, but it isn't enough. I need more "real" IDE like functionalities
eg constant view of current row number, file browser and selection,
cutting, pasting and copying functions.
[You're very brave ... this is a religious issue, often resulting in a
lot of shouting, but so far you got away with it :-)]
May I suggest you try "joe" ?
http://packages.debian.org/etch/joe
I think it mainly appeals to ancient people like me, who remember
Wordstar :) It's a modeless editor : you're always in 'insert' mode,
but can use Ctrl_ command functions at any time.
The package page says : "Joe has the feel of most PC text editors ...
Joe can be set up to emulate editors such as Pico and Emacs, along with
a complete imitation of WordStar". It seems to emulate Wordstar out of
the box, so that's how I use it.
It's my favourite curses-style screen editor for console-mode text
editing, and I install it on every Unix I work upon (Debian, NetBSD,
HPUX, and Tru64) - there have been binary packages readily available for
all of them.
It does all the things you mention above, and is generally well-featured
while also being lightweight. It is, however, just a simple text editor,
not an IDE.
<religious>
vi is everywhere, so we have to know how to use it, but I think it's
horribly unintuitive to use (some say "as user-friendly as a cornered
rat"), though there are of course nicer forked versions, such as vim.
emacs is ridiculously cumbersome and over-heavy, but can do anything
("Eventually Mallocs All Computer System" I think the old joke ran) -
many people apparently spend their lives inside emacs sessions, rarely
venturing out to the shell for anything.
"I'm sorry ... I'm sorry ... I'll go now" ;)
</religious>
Obviously everyone has their own favourite.
Cheers,
Nick Boyce
--
Leave the Olympics in Greece, where they belong.
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