Hello,
There is another huge advantage of using GNU tools. And that is that they are
portable to other processors. And this portability has been used a lot.
I know that from programming various DSPs. It's quite common that the GNU
compiler is adapted to a processor by the company that manufactures it, and
then it's given away as the official C compiler.
This means, that if you learn to work with the GNU tools once, you're going to
feel at home in other environments.
I think we should always remember, that the tools we're offering are harder to
learn and less flashy than what is usually available from commercial
companies. The motto should be: You sweat now, but you'll enjoy the fruits
from now on and ever (this happens to be true).
As for emacs, the same drill. There is a great "why" on learning all those
bizarre keystrokes. There is a "why" on emacs in general.
I happen to use Xemacs (on Windows and Linux). So I never learned all those
keystrokes. Why should anyone learn them beyond Search, Cut & Paste?
So I think Xemacs should be mentioned, as a quick and easy tool to start with,
with all the keystrokes at hand.
There is one good reason to choose Xemacs / emacs as the favourite editor: It
has modes for almost any language you didn't know existed. For me, it's a
relief that I can write Verilog, VHDL, MATLAB, Perl, C, makefiles and edit
large text files with the same editor. This is worth to mention too.
Eli
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