Text Editor of the Year

diego_cn · 03-04-2006, 12:02 AM

kate kate kate. under CLI then vi

truthfatal · 03-06-2006, 12:18 PM

once i figured out how to use vi I kind of got hooked.

amosbatto · 03-09-2006, 10:01 AM

First gedit, then pico

APB_4 · 03-12-2006, 05:03 PM

I can't work out how vi/vim does so well in these polls, am I the only person who gets letters output when using the arrow keys while in input mode?! I can't find a decent console editor, I keep using joe but that's pretty annoying as well.

Thetargos · 03-12-2006, 05:24 PM

Maybe you have some issues with your keyboard configuration?

I have certainly never seen vi print letters when pressing the arrow keys while in input mode (I assume you mean when you press the insert key)... I have seen annoying messages being printed as you try to get your job done, though, when using newer Microsoft Office keyboards (<< avoid like plague!). Anyway, you could try nano (I like it for general editing needs, like vi better for syntax highlighting, though).

APB_4 · 03-12-2006, 05:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Thetargos

Maybe you have some issues with your keyboard configuration?

I have certainly never seen vi print letters when pressing the arrow keys while in input mode (I assume you mean when you press the insert key)... I have seen annoying messages being printed as you try to get your job done, though, when using newer Microsoft Office keyboards (<< avoid like plague!). Anyway, you could try nano (I like it for general editing needs, like vi better for syntax highlighting, though).

It's a microsoft internet keyboard and I get A from up, B from down, C from right and D from left all followed by a newline. I might have to give nano a try.

tuxdev · 03-12-2006, 08:55 PM

That is because you are in insert mode while trying to move. Get back to command mode with ESC key which sends ^(Control)[. Up, down, left and right sends ^A, ^B, ^C, and ^D. Also, try using hjkl for moving around. Play nethack for training.

Thetargos · 03-12-2006, 10:44 PM

LOL, I had never had any troubles with vi until I got this wireless Internet/Office Microsoft keyboard (which is proving to be a head ache due to the amount of warning messages it dumps)

Mega Man X · 03-22-2006, 10:22 AM

I found this kind hilarious. Don't try it at home unless you know what it does

http://vi.istheshit.net/

Tim Johnson · 03-23-2006, 11:06 AM

Use vim/gvim emacs and xemacs. Used to code in vim, but like the *macs ability to run interpreter inside of the editor. There's much I like about Xemacs but the newsgroup is very poor in answering questions. Can anyone recommend a alternate to comp.emacs.xemacs? gnu.emacs.help is great, but more geared towards GNU Emacs.
thanks.
P.S. I prefer forums to newsgroups

muskrat · 03-23-2006, 09:14 PM

I guess i voted for a loser this year, Midnight Commander Editor is always there for me, because I use MC to find the file and the the edit button is right there. I suppose my second choice would have been nano only because I learned it in me little gentoo experiance.

Tim Johnson · 03-23-2006, 09:31 PM

For MC, pick Option->Configuration and make sure that "use internal edIt/View" is unchecked. If you do so, then the $EDITOR variable is used. On my Red Hat OS, it is vim. That way, one could use mcedit when convenient or pick another if it suits. But that is just me .... I find either vim or mcedit preferable to emacs for doing quick, ad hoc edits. If you really wanted to be flexible, then you could do a simple shell script that `exports` $EDITOR of your choice... MC is the starting point of most of what I do on linux.