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On Sun, 4 Oct 2009 01:22:47 +0000 (UTC), Grant Edwards |
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<grant.b.edwards@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> On 2009-10-03, Stroller <stroller@××××××××××××××××××.uk> wrote: |
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>> |
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>> On 2 Oct 2009, at 17:16, Grant Edwards wrote: |
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>>> ... |
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>>> I don't like nano much either -- I find it rather clumsy, but |
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>>> at least it seems to be "safe". It doesn't trash my file every |
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>>> 30 seconds when I start typing content while in command mode. |
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>>> Honestly -- I've used vi infrequently but regularly (probably |
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>>> several times a month) for decades, and my brain just doesn't |
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>>> work the way vi does. |
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>> |
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>> What editor do you prefer, then? |
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> I'm an emacs guy. I've been using emacs (or various clones |
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> such as jove and jed) for 25 years now. |
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>> IIRC when I was at uni (c 2000) one of the TA's suggested Joe |
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>> as an alternative to the traditional Unix editors. I have been |
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>> making a little effort in the last year or two to come to |
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>> grips with vi or vim, and am starting to prefer it, but ISTM |
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>> that the problem with traditional Unix editors (i.e. vi & |
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>> emacs) is that they depend upon learning obscure keyboard |
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>> shortcuts. |
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> I don't have any problem learning keystrokes. I do have |
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> problems with vi's modality. |
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That's just one of the things I dislike about vi and all the vi clones out |
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there. To me it is like the difference between edit to live and live to |
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edit. It's a good editor and I respect people who like and use vi, but I |
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refuse to use it unless there's absolutely no other option. |
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Jesús Guerrero |
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