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Date:      Sat, 20 Nov 1999 19:26:57 -0800 (PST)
From:      Alfred Perlstein <bright@wintelcom.net>
To:        "Ryan Thompson [FreeBSD]" <freebsd@sasknow.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Programmers' editor?
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.4.05.9911201925400.12797-100000@fw.wintelcom.net>
In-Reply-To: <38375433.193946BF@sasknow.com>

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On Sat, 20 Nov 1999, Ryan Thompson [FreeBSD] wrote:

> Hi all;
> 
> As many of us here are programmers, and do so in FreeBSD, I reasoned
> that this would be great place to find out what console text editors
> people use.  Before this thread even gets going, though, let's remember
> not to start a flamewar, and move relevant parts to -chat :-)

I like gvim, it's _very_ vi like, has syntax highlighting, and support
for auto-indent and tags.

I would suggest giving it a whirl, as a bonus it's pretty responsive
when run over a ssh-forwarded X connection.

-Alfred



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