A long time ago (around Fri, Jun 07, 2002 at 10:49:41AM +0800) in a galaxy far, far away, someone named Sacha Chua said: > "Joon" == Joon Guillen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Hi, I'd just like to know what you listers are using as text/code > > editors for Linux, more specifically for the X-Windows system. I'm > > looking for a good one, something like UltraEdit for Windows (if any > > of you have tried it). So far, the good ones I see are the GNU > > TeXmacs and XEmacs, but I'm still not sure if any of these fit my > > needs. > > I was looking for an excuse to start talking about my current favorite > text editor... =D > > Disclaimer - Editor's a rather personal choice. What works for me > might not work for someone else. In fact, I might get roundly flamed > for this... ;) > > You see, over the past few weeks, I spent some time learning more > about GNU/Emacs. Yes, Emacs. Emacs 21, to be precise. I'd been > ambieditorious before, using both vim and emacs to great satisfaction > - vim for quick jobs, Emacs for extended coding. Heavy Java and PHP > work, with a bit of C thrown in.
Though I prefer vim for most usage (in Mutt as the editor of choice) for small and quick hacks and edits, when it comes to programming, I'll still vote for Emacs. Sure vim has a good feature with colored text (I used this when I was still coding in Fortran and the red bar that flashes when I'm less than 7 spaces away from the first column is a sure help for a dumb Fortran guy like me), what really made me like emacs for long and serious projects was its smooth integration with the GNU tools, especially gdb. Anyway, I'm not against any. I use both editors also (can't dispense the other quite so easily given the power they have), though the Potato versions can be quite behind the more recent versions... -- -->paolo Paolo Alexis Falcone [EMAIL PROTECTED] GnuPG KeyID 0xEADFF6F4 Tel# 6429577 Fax# 6429561 Mobile# 09174379283 ___________________________________________________________________ "I think ideology sucks. This world would be a much better place if people had less ideology, and a whole lot more "I do this because it's FUN and because others might find it useful, not because I got religion."" --> Linus Torvalds
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