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Editor Wars!

View Poll Results: What is your favorite editor?
vi ( or a clone thereof ) 27 77.14%
emacs 3 8.57%
notepad.exe 3 8.57%
Other visual editor (In a GUI environment) 2 5.71%
Other 0 0%
ed / ex 0 0%
edlin.exe 0 0%
pico 0 0%
Voters: 35. This poll is closed

 
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# 8  
Old 01-31-2002
Code:
copy con > somefile.txt

Grunt! Grunt! Grunt!

Actually. Under Unices I prefer to use elvis or vim.

Under Win32 I prefer to use notepad but really miss the power of vi. If I wasn't such a slacker I'd just purchase UltraEdit for Win32 and be done with it.

Anybody here ever use Brief? I used to code in xBase with Brief many, many years ago and like the ability to perform block based cut and paste.

Wow. Flashback... Wordstar2000 key commands under Borland IDEs... Smilie
# 9  
Old 01-31-2002
vi for windoze
someone posted this link awhile ago, now I'm not entering my command characters in notepad when switching between the 2 os's

http://www.winvi.de/en/
# 10  
Old 01-31-2002
Re: vi for windoze
Quote:
Originally posted by edog
someone posted this link awhile ago, now I'm not entering my command characters in notepad when switching between the 2 os's

http://www.winvi.de/en/
It seems to do a pretty good job, for the most part. I will probably stop using notepad under Win32 and start using WinVi32 instead. Thanks for the link.
# 11  
Old 01-31-2002
Tools
no problem, although I got it from someone here, this forum is the best, I've got a lot a good, solid info, thanks to everyone for their input, too bad vi is under the 3 letter search minimum

- Ed
# 12  
Old 02-04-2002
As a unix youngster, vi's for me! I don't even use any of the others! Maybe notepad... only if no other solution!
penguin-friend
# 13  
Old 02-04-2002
vim \Vim\, n. [L., accusative of vis strength.]
Power; force; energy; spirit; activity; vigor. [Colloq.]
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
# 14  
Old 02-04-2002
Quote:
Originally posted by Neo
I use:
  • VI for all my UNIX text file editing. VI is extremely fast and the search and replace functions are incredible!
  • MS Word for shared business documents because that is how my clients do business.

I wonder what would be your opinion about latest RMS article "We can put an end to Word attachments" Smilie

http://www.newsforge.com/article.pl?...38&mode=thread
 
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