Date: Tue, 7 Jul 1998 13:33:13 -0400 (EDT) From: The Classiest Man Alive <ksmm@threespace.com> To: jmw <jmw@panix.com> Cc: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Editor suggestions Message-ID: <Pine.BSI.3.95.980707133019.22327A-100000@shell1.cybercom.net> In-Reply-To: <Pine.SUN.3.94.980707115334.1032A-100000@panix2.panix.com>
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emacs is the consummate editor which will allow you to do everything from editing/compiling code to reading e-mail. Its platform independence makes it a good choice if you plan to use other UNIX systems as well. Learning to use the advanced features will take some time, however. K.S. On Tue, 7 Jul 1998, jmw wrote: : : Hello, : : Now that I've been using FreeBSD for a few weeks, and feeling a bit : more comfortable with it, I would like to start porting over some : of my own DOS based utilities to FreeBSD. : : However, I've been spoiled up to this point by using the varies : development environments that both Borland and DJGPP's RHide provide. : I am curious what most Unix folk use for the "ideal" programmers editor. : Ideal is rather subjective, but at least it will give me some ideas as to : what I should be looking for. :) : : Suggestions? : : Thanks again for your time, : John Wilson : : : : To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org : with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message : To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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