Editor of the Year

Celti · 12-12-2003, 12:19 AM

Down with vi! Down with emacs!

Nano is the one true editor!
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guygriffiths · 12-12-2003, 05:12 AM

It has to be Emacs because it's so great. I appreciate that Vi/Vim are good, but I can't be bothered to learn them, and Emacs is so much more than a text editor, but it's fast enough to use as one.

techchiq · 12-12-2003, 03:54 PM

Kedit is my notepad-for-linux. Unfortunately, it's not listed.

Otherwise, I use BlueFish (but that's more in the HTML editor category I voted in).

vanquisher · 12-15-2003, 12:19 AM

vim - 40% emacs - 50% kwrite - 10%
I like Emacs the best. But sometimes when my .emacs gets blown up, it sucks. then i switch to vim. and if I'm in a really really good mood, i use kwrite, nothing to do with the features

davisfactor · 12-15-2003, 08:59 PM

vi gets my vote

I would use emacs if I didn't know vi so well.

J.W. · 12-19-2003, 01:38 AM

I love Kate. -- J.W.

codec · 12-19-2003, 07:00 AM

vi/vim is the edfault editor, it's ok but probably overrated. I do not like to press [Esc] key so often. My vote go for gedit this time. It support gtk input methods so with some IME tools I can edit unicode documents easily. If I have time, I may learn editor like emacs and give a fair rating.

kiko · 12-20-2003, 07:12 PM

VIM vs EMACS is a traditional topic on all linux, maybe also on other OS discussion boards.

When it come to it, I'd say I admire the full-features of emacs, but if one got his/her finger trained with with vi/vim/gvim, there is no way back ! I hate it if I have to free a hand for the mouse or other thing during the editing session. On vim ur fingers will be confortable always on the keyboard he heh

And EDITOR == VIM
On all platform for vim's users ..

kc00l · 12-22-2003, 11:00 AM

I feel weird...
I've taken part in three polls so far:

Distros:Slackware
WM: Fluxbox
Editors: Vi/Vim

This is boooooring, everybody (<25%) using the same distro/WM/editor

jharris · 12-24-2003, 07:42 AM

Kate got my vote, although I actually use vi all the time. Vi for smaller jobs.

cheers

Jamie...

agiacalone · 01-06-2004, 06:10 PM

The great vi vs. emacs debate.

I first learned vi, and that's what I use. Emacs is not a bad text editor by any means, but vi gets my vote.

dishawjp · 01-08-2004, 10:35 AM

vi(m) is the only one I use. Never actually thought about how many others there are until I read this.

Why???

lenlutz · 01-08-2004, 10:51 AM

vim made me nuts..... (ok.. ok.. maybe i WAS already)....
but, i could not handle all the fancy features of vim, and i couldnt turn them off..... ive been using vi, since 1982, and all the "syntax", and "going to the same point, when opening a file", all the colors.... etc and stuff like that, just irked me.... like i said, i DID try to turn that stuff off....
i wanted a very very plain VI....

i ended up with ex/vi 3.7, which is VERY VANILLA, and works great

ronware · 01-08-2004, 11:26 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by lenlutz
vim made me nuts..... (ok.. ok.. maybe i WAS already)....
but, i could not handle all the fancy features of vim, and i couldnt turn them off..... ive been using vi, since 1982, and all the "syntax", and "going to the same point, when opening a file", all the colors.... etc and stuff like that, just irked me.... like i said, i DID try to turn that stuff off....
i wanted a very very plain VI....

i ended up with ex/vi 3.7, which is VERY VANILLA, and works great

Em... did you do 'set nocp' ???

If you don't want *any* features, use 'elvis' which is the plain 'vi' on Slackware IIRC.

Personally, I have found vim very easy to customize to work *exactly* how I want.

neverender · 01-15-2004, 02:43 PM

where is eclipse on this list?