Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2001 08:36:06 -0400 From: Brian T.Schellenberger <bts@babbleon.org> To: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org>, Chris Aitken <chris@ideal.net.au> Cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Simple Editor for a newbie? - inc color Message-ID: <01082808360606.26623@i8k.babbleon.org> In-Reply-To: <15243.25075.83512.512719@guru.mired.org> References: <15243.25075.83512.512719@guru.mired.org>
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Both emacs and some sorts of vi (xvile, at least) will do the syntax highlighting, but neither of them have any place in a discussion about simple editors for newbies," IMHO. Of course, learning either a vi-ish editor or emacs is well worth it in the long run. On Tuesday 28 August 2001 05:18, Mike Meyer wrote: > Chris Aitken <chris@ideal.net.au> types: > > At 02:19 AM 28/08/2001, Erik Trulsson wrote: > > >My personal favourite text-editor is 'joe'. Available from ports. > > >It is quite easy to use but still fairly powerful. > > >It might not be quite as powerful as vi or emacs but it is IMO a lot > > >easier to use. > > > > One thing ive been searching for but havent had any luck finding is > > something like pico or even the above mentioned Joe but one that uses > > like ANSI colors for programming etc. I mostly use PHP and have found > > several doze editors which do it, but havent found an easy to use unix > > editor that had color coding in it. I dont wanna do it on a doze box > > because I wanna be able to modify the files live and not screw around > > with ftp connections and uploads to test it. (and I still havent had the > > time to master the intricacies of VIM yet. > > > > Anyone found anything like this ? > > Xemacs - and presumably stock emacs - will do syntax-directed color > coding. I'm not sure if there's a PHP mode as I haven't gone looking > for one, but there are a number of HTML modes, and even a SGML/XML > mode. > > <mike > -- > Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ > Independent WWW/Perforce/FreeBSD/Unix consultant, email for more > information. > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- Brian T. Schellenberger . . . . . . . bts@wnt.sas.com (work) Brian, the man from Babble-On . . . . bts@babbleon.org (personal) --------------------> Free Dmitry Sklyarov! <------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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