From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jun 4 02:52:09 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4BEFF106566C for ; Fri, 4 Jun 2010 02:52:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from steve@ipv6canada.com) Received: from smtp.ibctech.ca (v6.ibctech.ca [IPv6:2607:f118::b6]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id AB45A8FC13 for ; Fri, 4 Jun 2010 02:52:08 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 79270 invoked by uid 89); 4 Jun 2010 02:56:22 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO ?IPv6:2607:f118::5?) (steve@ibctech.ca@2607:f118::5) by 2607:f118::b6 with ESMTPA; 4 Jun 2010 02:56:22 -0000 Message-ID: <4C086A57.9060402@ipv6canada.com> Date: Thu, 03 Jun 2010 22:52:07 -0400 From: Steve Bertrand User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.1.7) Gecko/20100111 Lightning/1.0b1 Thunderbird/3.0.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Fbsd1 References: <201005311636.o4VGarkt001701@mail.r-bonomi.com> <87zkzgx8rd.fsf@kobe.laptop><20100531203115.GA2167@guilt.hydra > <4C043D4B.1010203@a1poweruser.com> <4C082E32.7020301@a1poweruser.com> In-Reply-To: <4C082E32.7020301@a1poweruser.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 1.0.1 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Walt Pawley Subject: Re: text editor X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 04 Jun 2010 02:52:09 -0000 On 2010.06.03 18:35, Fbsd1 wrote: > Walt Pawley wrote: >> On Sun, 30 May 2010, Fbsd1 wrote: >> >>> Been using ee and been happy. >>> >>> Now I have need for an editor with block commands. >> >> I'd suggest looking into aee. > > > That has what I am looking and so simple. Simple is in the eye of the beholder. Also, simple isn't always the best solution. afair, you (FBSD1) (it'd be nice if you'd use your real name), are wanting to move from `ee' to a new editor. I'm almost certain that this was a question that I've asked here before. Moving from ee to a real editor. Search my name in the archives. Personally, I chose vim. I found that the 'vimtutor' was phenomenal, and I only had to spend one work day making notes for myself on paper to mentally remember the important commands. The mailing list is *very* good and *very* active, but again, the tutorial is excellent. Not only that, the :help system in vim contains ALL of the documentation for itself. All in all, I tried emacs, and I'm a bit used to it, but vim stuck. I am so used to the key commands now that I oftentimes use them in editors that I shouldn't ;) I won't go on about how flexible the config is, because I'm certain all of the other editors can do all sorts of special tricks (particularly when coding) too. iTry vim. ii:wq Steve