Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2001 17:09:55 +0200 From: Mark Rowlands <mark.rowlands@minmail.net> To: "Brian T.Schellenberger" <bts@babbleon.org>, 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: <20010828150937.733D937B40A@hub.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <01082808360606.26623@i8k.babbleon.org> References: <15243.25075.83512.512719@guru.mired.org> <01082808360606.26623@i8k.babbleon.org>
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On Tuesday 28 August 2001 2:36 pm, Brian T.Schellenberger wrote: > 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 well if you have the resources, KDE2.2 has kate.....a nice syntax aware and colorful editor...mdi interface with console window if you want....you can probably run it under any wm so long as you have the kde libs n stuff installed To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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