Re: Choosing right editor for rest of my career

From: A.M (IHateSpam_at_sapm123.com)
Date: 10/12/04 

Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2004 17:34:09 -0400

I like emacs much more than VI.

But why there is so much VI interest everywhere?

"Ketil Wendelbo Aanensen" <ketil.w.aa.ugyldig@broadpark.no.ugyldig> wrote in
message news:416c4a7b$1@news.broadpark.no...
> A.M wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I am a programmer and I recently switched from Windows world into Linux
> > world.
> > So far everything was fine until now that I have to choose a right
Editor
> > for rest of my career.
> >
> > I am so frustrated with VI because of its unusual interface.
> >
> > I am at the beginning of my Linux/Unix career road and I want to have a
> > right choice for Editor.
> >
> > Which editor is the best to do my scripting and programming?
> >
> > Any help would be appreciated,
> > Alan
>
> Don't know a lot about this, but I guess Emacs is very popular for this
use.
>
> - Ketil
>
> --
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