Re: line numbers in code
On Fri, Jun 01, 2001 at 10:02:22AM -0400, Alan Shutko wrote:
| D-Man <dsh8290@rit.edu> writes:
|
| > Naw, (g)vim is much better <wink>
| >
| > (I have tried emacs, and that is my conclusion, now go make your own
| > after trying both)
|
| Sure... does (g)vim include Tetris? Or a text adventure? Or a shrink
| to help your mind cope with the constant mode changes?
If I want to play tetris, I'll play tetris. If I want to write code
I'll use a text editor <grin>. ((g)vim does come with hanoi and life,
btw, but I haven't tried them). If I want to read mail I'll use a MUA
(mutt). If I want to mess with my filesystem I'll use a shell.
The mode changes aren't a problem once you use it for a while -- it
comes naturally. Just ilke pressing Esc half a dozen times per
command comes naturally to you <wink>.
| How anyone could tolerate something as unuseful as vim is beyond me.
I think it is very useful. Obviously this is a biased opinion :-).
Another great side effect of using (g)vim is the vastly shorter
startup time.
Can emacs on a floppy (including all the syntax highlighting I
actually use) to take to less fortunate machines (usually windoze
boxen^H^H^H^H^Hpaperweights)? Can you extend emacs with Python code?
(or Perl or Tcl if you prefer?) (and no, vim can't be extended with
elisp AFAIK :-))
(I'm just teasing you, while possibly providing some truthful
information for other users who don't know the varying featuresets)
-D
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