Favorite Text Editor.

slimjim · 12-12-2011, 09:06 AM

I've been using vi since 1988, and I'm getting used to it now.

DavidMcCann · 12-12-2011, 12:21 PM

Nano for the CLI, whatever I'm given (Gedit, leafpad) for the GUI. I did try an Emacs tutorial once, but I recovered after a bar of chocolate and a lie-down.

markseger · 12-13-2011, 03:24 PM

what about TECO - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Text_Editor_and_Corrector? its commands were even more obscure that vi! couldn't resist.

teco ran on just about every piece of hardware and o/s in the world, long before there was such a thing as vi or emacs. in fact, the original emacs was written in teco!
-mark

asipper · 12-13-2011, 06:25 PM

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Originally Posted by markseger

what about TECO - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Text_Editor_and_Corrector? its commands were even more obscure that vi! couldn't resist.

I didn't think that was possible. Well except for maybe ed.

Telengard · 12-13-2011, 06:38 PM

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Originally Posted by asipper

I didn't think that was possible. Well except for maybe ed.

I recently started using ed for small files just out of curiosity. It really isn't so bad, especially if you already know your way in vi and sed.

allanf · 12-14-2011, 10:10 PM

You need to include "gvim" (GUI based vim) which can be compiled with different GUI/Desktop flavors. I use it when I can and fall back to vim and if I have to to vi.

Please note that Fedora uses an alias for vi that runs vim, which prevents it from running in "vi" mode. Vi is really crude compared to vi.

ChrisAbela · 12-15-2011, 01:40 AM

I used to use vim for speed, until I was faced with an archiac Alpha True 64 which only had vi and I felt embarrssed that I could not handle it efficiently. Subsequently I tried hard to get used to vi and with enough patience, I am finding it marginally better than vim. Anyway I expect everyone has his/her own favorite and they all should be respected.

hydraMax · 12-15-2011, 02:34 AM

I just had to vote for ed, even though I don't use it anymore. I mean, what could be more geeky than editing a 27 page text document, typing in nothing but line numbers, insertion commands, and substitution syntax?

markush · 12-15-2011, 03:59 AM

Hi,

I'm using Vim.

This poll has a predictable result

Vim first, Emacs second and both followed by one of the "Windows-style" editors (which one can use without learning).

Markus

asipper · 12-15-2011, 05:25 AM

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Originally Posted by allanf

You need to include "gvim" (GUI based vim) which can be compiled with different GUI/Desktop flavors. I use it when I can and fall back to vim and if I have to to vi.

Please note that Fedora uses an alias for vi that runs vim, which prevents it from running in "vi" mode. Vi is really crude compared to vi.

I didn't include gvim for 2 reasons. 1 I hate it so much. And 2 it's the same as vim but slower

tenfishsticks · 12-15-2011, 08:51 AM

Emacs, please. ( Cannot let Vim win.... )

Telengard · 12-15-2011, 10:22 AM

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Originally Posted by hydraMax

I just had to vote for ed, even though I don't use it anymore. I mean, what could be more geeky than editing a 27 page text document, typing in nothing but line numbers, insertion commands, and substitution syntax?

Okay, but why would one choose ed over a modern editor? It seems to me that vi must get a lot of its DNA from ed.

asipper · 12-15-2011, 03:40 PM

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Originally Posted by Telengard

Okay, but why would one choose ed over a modern editor? It seems to me that vi must get a lot of its DNA from ed.

Billy joy uses ed. Another reason vim is better

LloydRice · 12-15-2011, 06:56 PM

My answer is TSE, The Semware Editor. See my comments in the other 'favorite editor' poll. If you used it on Win98, you'll love it on Win7 and Linux.

weirdwolf · 12-15-2011, 09:15 PM

Leafpad, does what I need, which is not much.