On 08 Apr 2011, Magnus Woldrich wrote: > On 2011-04-07 16:15, Eric Weir wrote: > >So, I'm wondering if there are any ordinary, nonprogrammer writers here > >who've gotten comfortable with Vim as a writer's editor -- or is that > >just ridiculous to think of? > > Though they sure are programmers, I'd like to point out that Tom Christiansen > used Vim when writing the Perl Cookbook [0] (his co-author Nathan Torkington > used emacs). >
I'm not a programmer, except for the occasional very simple shell script, but I use vim for all my writing. (I write books, both hard copy and ebooks.) I dislike word processors. (I've been forced to use OpenOffice for one particular purpose recently and hate it.) I think that the process of generating prose should be separate from producing print-ready copy. So I do all my composing in Vim, which allows me to change things easily as much as I like. If I want it to look nice I then import it into LyX, which gives me publishable files. For short things like letters, I have made latex templates which I read into vim. Yes, Vim is more complex than simpler editors like nano, but the extra facilities that Vim provides make it the better choice. I'm no Vim guru, but I've built up my knowledge from the help files. I pick up useful tips from time to time on this list, and when I've had specific problems I couldn't solve, people here have been very kind with supplying solutions. I've gradually constructed my own .vimrc and .gvimrc files. Anthony -- Anthony Campbell - [email protected] Microsoft-free zone - Using Debian GNU/Linux http://www.acampbell.org.uk - sample my ebooks at http://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/acampbell -- You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php
