I'm definitely NOT a coder/developer just a typical computer user. I used to tinker heavily with Linux couple of years ago but lately not much just occassional use of BLAG/Puppy and other live CD's. IMHO the journey to Linux will not be complete until you learn how to use an editor to edit text/config files, etc. In my case years ago it was [g]vim mainly because it was the default(?) editor of mutt. I was mesmerized by the power of mutt back then (and slrn). Ang pinakagusto ko ay ang colored fonts ibang klase talaga. I havent seen any counterpart of it in the windows world (i mean using a mailer in a console). Of course colored fonts is just one of the thousand capabilities of [g]vim. I remember trying emacs but too late i got 'poisoned' already by vim. Kaya yun vim ang editor ko.
Nowadays as age catches up with me i settle for easy to use things. But even in the MS world i still use vim whenever i can. I guess old habit is hard to break. On Thu, 29 Mar 2007 07:33:00 +0800 "Dong B. Calmada" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > According to Lawrence Guirre: > > I've used vi(m) exclusively when doing admin and programming tasks that > > navigating around it > > feels second nature. So second nature that sometimes when I write email > > (Thunderbird) or IM > > I instinctively press ESC, expecting I would exit edit mode..... :P > > Ha ha ha. Lawrence, we're all spoiled brats of mother vim, after all. > > With mutt, with which I'm using vim as my mail editor, I'm used to > pressing <esc>:wqy (without any file attachment) to send an email. I > oftentimes tend to do the same trick even when I'm using Gmail. :-) > > What I love more about mother vim are her: > 1. Watching my language syntax; > 2. Understanding my regular expressions; > 3. Allowing me to be in an escape mode; and > many many more. > > Dong > -- > My Work: peace.net.ph > My ICT Advocacy: > linux.org.ph > bukas.kom.ph > dungkal.wordpress.com > GPG Key: 0x1B42EEA6 > Linux Registered User #317296 > --- > You too can wear a nose mitten. > _________________________________________________ > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) > Read the Guidelines: http://linux.org.ph/lists > Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Read the Guidelines: http://linux.org.ph/lists Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph
