From: Jim L. <jc...@st...> - 2002-09-23 09:30:30
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In article <200...@vs...>, Biju Chacko <bij...@vs...> wrote: > On Fri, 20 Sep 2002 17:54:04 +0100, Jim Lesurf wrote: > > There has been a similar 'holy editor wars' argument for many years on > > RO, where fans of !Zap and !StrongEd argue which is best. I am an > > agnostic. I just used !DeskEdit. :-) > I would *strongly* suggest that you become familiar with either Vi or > Emacs. I have used each of them a small amount over the years, on Solaris boxes. However my useage has been fairly minimal. No doubt I'll be getting more practice with them now. ;-> Of the two, I prefer emac's approach, but find it a little 'too big' for my fairly simple needs. I only actually want about half a dozen features. Hence if someone is willing to do a slightly 'better' (from my personal viewpoint) version of Edit, I'd be happy with it most of the time. Also, since I still spend most of my working time using RO desktops, it helps me if the tools I use for Linux work in as similar a way as possible. As it is, I keep moving to the wrong corner of a window to find the 'close' icon/widget. :-) Slainte, Jim -- Electronics http://www.st-and.ac.uk/~www_pa/Scots_Guide/intro/electron.htm Armstrong Audio http://www.st-and.demon.co.uk/Audio/armstrong.html Barbirolli Soc. http://www.st-and.demon.co.uk/JBSoc/JBSoc.html TechWriter http://www.st-and.demon.co.uk/TechWrite/Tips1.html Compo http://www.st-and.demon.co.uk/Compo/clues.html |