Re: Programmers Text Editor
* William Pursell <bill.pursell@gmail.com> [2007 Nov 05 00:59 -0600]:
> I guess I'm suggesting that you seriously question why
> you are rejecting out of hand the two best choices for
> development on Linux.
Of course, I can't speak for the OP, but in my case it has been
strictly a matter of familiarity. I've tried Emacs on and off over the
past eleven years and I tried Vi(m) which is nearly completely foreign
to me. I had opted for a nice editor years ago called FTE. However,
its development has stagnated iver the past several years and it
doesn't integrate very well with GNU tools. As I work more with GNU
development tools, I've begun to see the need for an editor that works
with them. So, I have been inspired by this thread to investigate
Emacs again.
I've found that Emacs 22.1 with the GTK UI is the first version I can
use without getting things all messed up while I'm learning proper
Emacs keystrokes. Over time I'll be able to adapt to Emacs and in the
mean time I won't feel like a total fool as before. Also, even though
I installed the GUI version of Emacs, the text mode version is still
there for those rare times X is unavailable.
So I can understand where someone would feel less than productive
while learning something new. I do know that down the road the rewards
will be great and that I probably should have taken the time to learn
Emacs many years ago.
- Nate >>
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