On Mon, Mar 5, 2012 at 5:10 PM, Dotan Cohen wrote: > On Mon, Mar 5, 2012 at 18:18, Govind wrote: > > > > I've been a longtime user of Textpad on windows and transitioning > > more to Linux. Gedit by itself doesn't have some features I want > > like > > a) Columnar mode selection > > b) ability to sort lines > > c) Word Wrap (at least nothing that jumped out) > > If you don't already know, you should be forewarned. GVIM is not a > drop-in replacement for Textpad. GVIM has a very steep learning curve > and you will question how anyone could ever use such a monstrosity > many times when you first start using it. GVIM is more of a paradigm > than a text editor.
Not necessarily true, the entire reason for Cream for Vim (http://cream.sf.net) is to use the power of Vim in the standard paradigm. Frankly, it is the perfect transition for Textpad with the very features the OP requested in the same interface. Of course, I'm the lone minority opinion on this forum that the power of Vim is the editor's features, not its interface. :) -- Steve Hall [ digitect dancingpaper com ] -- 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
