From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Jan 26 15: 7:50 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from probity.mcc.ac.uk (probity.mcc.ac.uk [130.88.200.94]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 28871150B5 for ; Wed, 26 Jan 2000 15:07:40 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from jcm@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org) Received: from dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org ([130.88.200.97]) by probity.mcc.ac.uk with esmtp (Exim 1.92 #3) id 12DbXA-00066M-00; Wed, 26 Jan 2000 23:07:32 +0000 Received: from localhost (jcm@localhost) by dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id XAA39024; Wed, 26 Jan 2000 23:07:32 GMT (envelope-from jcm@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org) Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2000 23:07:32 +0000 (GMT) From: Jonathon McKitrick To: Jerry Dunham Cc: Greg Lehey , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: programmer's editor choice In-Reply-To: <200001262222.QAA95197@freeside.fc.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed, 26 Jan 2000, Jerry Dunham wrote: >Or just as slowly. The learning curve for vi is very painful, and I >understand the curve for Emacs is no better. > >I'm a vi user, and use it on every platform I use: UNIX, WinNT, and Atari. >I really appreciate that it's so universal. Even so, the interface sucks. I know vi is universal, but for your own use, have you tried VIM? I would expect you have, but i thought i would ask. Vastly imporved interface, with multiple buffers and other emacs-like features. Definitely worth a look. Plus color syntax highlighting! -=> jm <=- "I've done questionable things, also extraordinary things.... Revel in your time!" To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message