Date: Wed, 24 Nov 1999 19:21:01 +0000 From: Mark Ovens <mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org> To: Jerry Dunham <jdunham@fc.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: Programmers' editor? Message-ID: <19991124192101.A316@marder-1> In-Reply-To: <199911241831.MAA29741@freeside.fc.net> References: <19991124021400.A319@marder-1> <199911241831.MAA29741@freeside.fc.net>
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On Wed, Nov 24, 1999 at 12:31:03PM -0600, Jerry Dunham wrote: > Mark Ovens babbled: > > From mark@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org Tue Nov 23 20:13:53 1999 > > > On Tue, Nov 23, 1999 at 06:32:36PM -0600, Jerry Dunham wrote: > > > Mark Ovens babbled: > > >> Date: Tue, 23 Nov 1999 21:40:41 +0000 > > > > > >> Look in the editors section of the ports/pcakages, read the > > >> descriptions, install one or more, try them out, then delete the > > >> ones you don't like. This is not flippant answer; editors are a > > >> real personal preference (religious wars are fought over vi versus > > >> emacs) so only you can know which you consider a good choice for > > >> your needs. Personally I use vi(1) all the time, even on Windows > > >> boxes :) > > > > > > Ditto. In fact, I have both vim and Lemmy on my NT notebook, and have > > > found Lemmy to be the best implementation of vi I've tried yet. Porting > > > or cloning Lemmy to FreeBSD would be a Good Idea, but I can't program > > > myself out of a wet paper bag. Does anyone else here have any experience > > > with Lemmy? > > > > I did once e-mail the author, James Iuliano, and suggest this but > > got no response ;) Mind you, gvim is a pretty good substitute. > > Perhaps I ought to try. James at least owes me a reply, since I paid for > my copy of Lemmy. So did I, well at least my employer did - an unlimited site licence. Anyway, I doubt you'll get any joy from James; he sold Lemmy to Software Online http://www.softwareonline.org/lemmy40.html before v3 appeared. > I suppose I'll wait and see whether I get any other > supporting comments from this list. I'd like to be able to tell him that > there are more than two of us in the FreeBSD world who have an interest. > > > > Oh, and Lemmy doesn't recognize :viusage. I guess nothing's perfect. > > > > Probably because it's a Windows program and has Windows help files > > Since Windoze help files are generally NO-help files, I hadn't thought to > look. I just tried it, and Lemmy blew up - consistently. Tell me again > how Windoze help is going to make life better. :-( > By giving you a nice warm glow inside through the knowledge that you're helping BG to retain his status as the world's richest man :P) > > -- > Jerry Dunham FreeBSD Atarian ordinaire > jdunham@fc.net (512)335-0674 (H) > jdunham@avalanche.us.dell.com (512)728-4026 (O) > > E Pluribus Unix -- PERL has been described as "the duct tape of the Internet" and "the Unix Swiss Army chainsaw" - Computer Shopper 12/99 ________________________________________________________________ FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org My Webpage http://ukug.uk.freebsd.org/~mark/ mailto:mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org http://www.radan.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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