On Sat, 15 Feb 2003, Ben Leslie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote...
> On Sat, 15 Feb 2003, Alex Sayle wrote:
>
> > On Fri, 14 Feb 2003, Matthew Hyne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote...
> >
> > >
> > > Folks,
> > >
> > > I am looking for a non-X unix editor that also does syntax hilighting.
> > >
> > > I know I could use emacs, however I would prefer something like pico -
> > > but with code hilighting (and if it does PHP - even better.
> > >
> > > Does anyone know of such an app ?
> > >
> > > Matt
> >
> > nano[1], the simple and easy to use editor now has syntax hi-lighting.
> > it's not the most high-tech terminal editor around but its simple and
> > there's no need to sacrifice any sheep before using in (unlike emacs or
> > vi which you need to be on asid before you understand how to use it).
>
> I thought the point of nano was that it was *small* (hence the name). Why
> do they have to go and ruin it with crap like syntax hi-lighting! <sigh>
humm.. let me see...
3.8M /usr/bin/emacs (emacs21.2)
1.1M /usr/bin/vim
308k /usr/bin/nvi
199k /usr/bin/pico
95K /usr/bin/nano
I mean, sure, it not as good as
42k /bin/ed
which is a *real* editor.
I find it handy for things likes editors for my e-mails or editing
small conf files, as I don't like the wait for emacs to load in order
to edit one line and I couldn't be ass-ed remembering vi commands.
(not to mention the sacrificial sheep ritual)
So an editor that is simple does the job and high lights my conf files
is handy.
and what's more I always wanted a new contestant in the holy wars of
editors ;)
--alex
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