Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2000 21:22:46 -0700 From: Doug Barton <DougB@gorean.org> To: Francesco Casadei <fcasadei@inwind.it> Cc: Erin <Kahn@deadbbs.com>, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: perl/cgi Authorintg tools Message-ID: <39CC3016.4385674E@gorean.org> References: <000201c0243a$df98a580$1375a8c0@deadbbs.com> <20000922191259.B1550@goku.kasby>
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I don't want to start a holy war here, and in fact, I wouldn't mind to
find a fancy editor myself. I've stuck with vi because it's available on
all the platforms we use at work.
> Try Emacs. A brief list of features:
I'ved used emacs, every time I use it I feel like I've dragged out my
entire whomping multi-hundred dollar tool kit to drive a screw.
> * syntax coloring
I have to say, I kind of miss this. I could drag out vim, but
installing it on X large number of other machines just doesn't do it for
me.
> * on-the-fly expressions indenting
Our vi, and in fact almost all implementations of vi support this. I
have the following in my .bashrc:
export EXINIT='set autoindent iclower'
which has made my life immensely easier.
> * it shows you matching brackets while you're typing (e.g. when you
> type ')' emacs will rapidly move the cursor to the matching '('
> and then returns to the insertion point)
vi does this as well. Anyone who uses vi regularly would be well served
by /usr/ports/editors/vilearn. It's a self-paced tutorial that will
teach you some simple tricks that will undoubtedly save you hours of
frustration.
Good luck,
Doug
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