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View Poll Results: Editor of the Year
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vi/vim
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443 |
36.37% |
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emacs
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145 |
11.90% |
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jEdit
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39 |
3.20% |
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nano
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78 |
6.40% |
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pico
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47 |
3.86% |
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Kate
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210 |
17.24% |
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gedit
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111 |
9.11% |
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Nedit
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28 |
2.30% |
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joe
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32 |
2.63% |
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KWrite
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85 |
6.98% |
01-05-2005, 04:07 PM
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Registered: Feb 2004
Distribution: Slackware 13.1
Posts: 127
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Joe! It reminds me of using Wordstar 1512 on my old Amstrad many moons ago. 20 Mb hard drive. Ah, those were the days.
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01-05-2005, 04:17 PM
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#62
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Senior Member
Registered: Nov 2003
Location: NB,Canada
Distribution: Something alpha or beta, binary or source...
Posts: 2,280
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Quote:
Originally posted by Girl Geek
Vive VI!
My brother hates it, but I must admit--I'm a diehard. I keep finding myself attempting to use VI keys in nano or other non-modal editors.
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Spoken like a true rattlesnake tamer! Good for you! Perhaps I will learn your craft some day too, but for now, its nano still  Gotta love choices! |
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01-05-2005, 05:27 PM
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#63
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Apr 2004
Posts: 18
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emacs
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01-05-2005, 10:06 PM
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#64
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Registered: Jan 2005
Distribution: Fedora 7
Posts: 35
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gedit in X, vim in console
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01-07-2005, 09:24 AM
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#65
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Registered: Dec 2003
Location: Petaling Jaya
Distribution: Ubuntu
Posts: 475
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Vim is the best but gedit gets my vote.
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01-07-2005, 02:04 PM
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#66
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Registered: Jul 2004
Location: LT
Posts: 150
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voted for nano, I use it most of the time. well learning vi/vim now... and nedit is nice to
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01-07-2005, 09:20 PM
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#67
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LQ Newbie
Registered: Jan 2005
Distribution: Ubuntu Linux
Posts: 15
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gedit.
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01-07-2005, 10:38 PM
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#68
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Registered: Jan 2005
Location: MA
Distribution: Ubuntu 7.10
Posts: 558
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I prefer emacs
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01-08-2005, 08:41 AM
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#69
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Registered: Jan 2005
Posts: 3
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Emacs used it a looooong time. Coedit is good too. For small or uncomlicated stuff, gedit.
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01-08-2005, 12:19 PM
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#70
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LQ Newbie
Registered: May 2004
Distribution: Suse
Posts: 7
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You mean there is another editor besides VI ?????
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01-08-2005, 01:01 PM
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#71
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Registered: Oct 2004
Location: India
Distribution: redhat 9
Posts: 32
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VI is simply the best.
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01-08-2005, 03:44 PM
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Senior Member
Registered: Nov 2003
Location: NB,Canada
Distribution: Something alpha or beta, binary or source...
Posts: 2,280
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Happy birthday, nice_indian!
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01-09-2005, 12:31 AM
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#73
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Member
Registered: Jan 2004
Location: Pakistan
Distribution: OpenSuse 10.2, Slackware 11, Solaris 10
Posts: 415
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I'm for KAte
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01-09-2005, 02:07 AM
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#74
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Registered: Aug 2004
Location: Kouvola, Finland
Distribution: SimplyMEPIS 2004.06
Posts: 34
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Nano, as I couldn't find a Debian package for pico anywhere. Simple enough for me |
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01-09-2005, 07:01 AM
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#75
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Member
Registered: Mar 2004
Location: India
Distribution: Debian Sid, Lenny
Posts: 55
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gedit ! It is much improved in Gnome 2.8.x
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