Date: Wed, 24 Nov 1999 02:14:00 +0000 From: Mark Ovens <mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org> To: Jerry Dunham <jdunham@fc.net> Cc: James A Wilde <james.wilde@telia.com>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Programmers' editor? Message-ID: <19991124021400.A319@marder-1> In-Reply-To: <199911240032.SAA48356@freeside.fc.net> References: <19991123214041.A316@marder-1> <199911240032.SAA48356@freeside.fc.net>
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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 > > From: Mark Ovens <mark@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org> > > To: James A Wilde <james.wilde@telia.com> > > Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > > > If you type ``:viusage'' it will give you a list of commands. > > Wow! In all the years I've been using vi, I never ran across that one. > I wonder whether there's any way to print that out to use as a cheat > sheet. Interestingly, that command doesn't work on this here IRIX box. > Nor on Suns. I think it's just on the FreeBSD and GNU/Linux versions. > > 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. > Oh, and Lemmy doesn't recognize :viusage. I guess nothing's perfect. Probably because it's a Windows program and has Windows help files > > > -- > 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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