GUI Editor?

[Bil]

i have to agree with C. Murtagh.

Learn either Vi/Vim for it's use throughout unix systems. or emacs for the
power and gui nature.

personally i use vi, it's best suited to limited access. and isn't hampered
much by lag/latency/etc

b
----- Original Message -----
From: "Christopher Murtagh" <chris@music.mcgill.ca>
To: <yellowdog-general@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com>
Sent: Wednesday, November 06, 2002 4:14 PM
Subject: Re: GUI Editor?


> On Wed, 6 Nov 2002, Drew Lane wrote:
> >I'm really looking for a non console text editor that will run under X
> >and KDE.
>
> Gvim, Xemacs, Bluefish, Kate... all of these are GUI type editors that run
> under X. My preference is Gvim, but unlike some people's my choice isn't a
> religious one. A while back, I had to learn a common *nix editor and only
> had the time/brainpower to learn one. I chose vi because it is installed
> on just about *every* unix out there. I do know a lot of people who use
> emacs and love it just as much, so I would suggest learning either of
> these two.
>
>  I go so used to vi/vim/Gvim, that I can't use BBEdit anymore in MacOS (I
> keep on getting extra 'dd's 'i's and ':w' peppered everywhere) and I now
> use Gvim in MacOS X (but I rarely use MacOS X). I used to think that
> BBEdit was the one killer app that would be impossible to replace on any
> other OS. Guess I was wrong on that one.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Chris
>
> Note: vi is the old original editor, vim is Vi iMproved, and Gvim is
> Graphical Vim.
>
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