Re: [Discuss] Favorite Editor
On Fri, Sep 20, 2019 at 10:26 AM Rich Pieri wrote: > I guess I'm weird. I don't use an editor. I use a lot of different > editors depending on the needs at hand. > It always feels strange to agree with Rich, but yes, the tool within reach is better than the perfect tool that isn't installed, and the wrench that fits is better than the perfect wrench that doesn't fit. -- Bill Ricker bill.n1...@gmail.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/n1vux ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [Discuss] Favorite Editor [was..]
On Fri, Sep 20, 2019 at 10:09 AM Greg Rundlett (freephile) < g...@freephile.com> wrote: > I use vim, but have never really become accustomed to advanced usage (even > multiple buffers is awkward). ... > On 9/19/19 4:54 PM, John Abreau wrote: > > > I absolutely*hate* vim. > > Hear hear! > > I'm an old VI fan, like others have mentioned, because of the finger > > memory. > I used to be that rare bird, a dual vi/emacs user -- because new OS installs one needs to use VI to install Emacs, it's good to know either ED or EX/VI. Back in the day, i had an older HP terminal that had a even longer termcap entry than a VT100. VI could use that to reverse scroll, or scroll a sub-range of rows (leaving status rows alone) so despite having a 4800bps network connect box, i could edit faster with that than with VI or Emacs on a VT101 with 9600bps network connect card inboard. (Unix PWB, BSD3, BSD 4) When my wrists got problematic (better now), I dropped Emacs and switched to VIM and GEDIT because CTRL-META-COKEBOTTLE was too much stretch ouch ouch. Mostly still using VI finger memory. I haven't learned all the really advanced features of VIM, though perhaps I should. (For most purposes, switching between several VIMs with TERM, SCREEN, or ^Z %2 works well enough and is same skillz as switching non-VIM things so reusable knowledge!) One thing that makes VIM more usable: I've added an alias to launch a GVIM outside the terminal window. GVIM works with the Desktop COPY/PASTE buffer like a normal editor, separately from its own cut/copy/yank buffer. -- Bill Ricker bill.n1...@gmail.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/n1vux ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [Discuss] Favorite Editor
I guess I'm weird. I don't use an editor. I use a lot of different editors depending on the needs at hand. -- Rich Pieri ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
[Discuss] Favorite Editor (was RMS in the news)
I use vim, but have never really become accustomed to advanced usage (even multiple buffers is awkward). After trying everything under the sun, (and drinking the early cool-aid of eclipse and Netbeans) I've actually settled on using Microsoft Visual Studio Code like Brendan. It runs fine on Linux (Ubuntu 19.04) and most importantly for me, it works great over SSH to remote servers (reading your .ssh/config). It even includes an instant shell to the directory you're working on. It browses both local and remote file systems. It integrates with git; etc. I had stability issues with Atom and it's less polished than VS Code. Greg Rundlett https://eQuality-Tech.com https://freephile.org On Fri, Sep 20, 2019 at 9:29 AM Michael Tiernan wrote: > On 9/19/19 4:54 PM, John Abreau wrote: > > I absolutely*hate* vim. > > Hear hear! > > I'm an old VI fan, like others have mentioned, because of the finger > memory. > > I made the mistake of getting hooked on 'vile' which is very VI like > without a lot of the fluffy interference that VIM provides. > > I've resigned myself to just living with vile or vim 'cause it's easier > than refitting the systems I'm on. > > -- ><< MCT >> Michael C Tiernan. http://www.linkedin.com/in/mtiernan >Non Impediti Ratione Cogatationis >Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs > should relax and get used to the idea. -Robert A. Heinlein > > ___ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@blu.org > http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@blu.org http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
