true is the king !!!

I find that system administrators almost always choose vi while developers prefer emacs. It really depends on what you're trying to do. As a sys admin you want something that you can use quickly and make edits as efficiently as possible. As a developer you'll have different needs when writing or maintaining code.

I have replied to this post in the past, citing my preference for Nedit; however, recently I have been utilizing "vi" or "vim" for editing code/text. I was a little intiimidated of using those editors, but now, through more usage have become more comfortable using them. There are advantages to using Nedit and "vi", but as pointed out in other postings, it depends on what you want to do. Although, "vi" is common (native) to Unix and Linux, whereas Nedit has to be made for the system that it is to be used on.

My point...
Don't just rely on one type of editor, become familiar with as many as possible (i.e. Think outside the box).

I'll have to keep that in mind

Crimson Editor is my favorite

Similar to UltraEdit but free

i am currently using gedit. i changed the colours to not be like notepad, but to be white on black. gedit has the mouse based attitude of notepad, but the syntax highlighting of any real editor. i prefer it to bluefish now too, because i am sick of bluefish helpfully putting in the closing tags, for some reason i usually put in the closing tags firt in html, and then i have to delete the duplicate ones that bluefish creates when i do the opening tag.
also, since i use XFce i have to admit that mousepad is a good GUI one, similar to notepad basically, no bells and whistles at all.

i'll still use vi (or whatever /usr/bin/vi points to) if i don't have a gui though, or if i am working in an xterm.

vim is always best

I use Vi since it is universal and comes with OS. plus there are lot of shortcuts for this editor which make it a fast one.

vi is the best and thats what i use

I use vim all day, pretty much. I do a lot of work on Linux machines, and I usually connect via ssh. I like it and it does its job and is powerful. But it's not perfect by any means.

I think the whole vi vs. emacs thing is simply a matter of which one you learned first, or which one someone you respect (or learned from) used.

However, for local work, I prefer gedit. It is incredibly full-featured. Of course, I'm lucky enough to work on a Linux desktop at work. Back when I used to use Windows, I preferred TextPad (textpad.com). It's not free, but well worth the money, and you can hack together your own syntax files to customize syntax highlighting. I even made my own file for syntax highlighting for IBM's Net.Data server-side macro language (not related to .Net in any way).

ShawnMilo

vi is the best one out there. Once you get your hands around H J K L you will love it as much as everyone else out there.

Cros

vi for sysadmin and programming in a restricted environment. But for programming at leisure I've gotten used to kwrite. Don't know why. There's better editors.

I've been quite used to vi now. It may not be the best for writing a neatly formatted code but there are a lot of things I could do quicker than any other editor.

I hated vi at first until I "learned" it, now that's all I use. Even if I am in Xwindows/gnome/kde I still have a habit of using vi instead of gedit/nedit. Once you learn vi you realize how powerful it really is. Also there will be times when you have no other choice. Slimmed down versions of linux, older solaris, aix will have only vi installed. So learn it now before you get into a jam and fumble around when you should have been editing that "config" file and been done with it. Learn vi and you can be the hero of the day!

I use vi. Yes, in the beginning it is quite difficult to use, but when you become familiar with it - you'll love it.
Another advantage - vi (or some clone) is present in all UNIXes 'by default'. So in mixed environment (e.g. Linux and Solaris) you can use the same editor on all servers.

I agree 100%.

Vi was quite intimidating at first but now that I am used to it....I love it.

vi Editor is my favorite,
initially it was bit difficult to use the vi editor but now i love use vi editor.

Regards,
Siva Pitchai
Bangalore

Definitely emacs, its a bit heavy on resources but very fast and great for developing with.

I find vi good for quick edits, like config files, that type of thing. But it's no emacs.

" vi " is a popular command and realy easy to use.