Re: [PLUG] Poll! editors (and possibly me burning at the stake)

[Eugene Smiley <eug+plug@esmiley.net>]

Brent Saner wrote:
> wow, i really love all the responses! it's really helpful.
>
> James- i've noticed a similar trend; my coding/developer friends tend to 
> use emacs whilst the sysadmin buddies i have tend to use vi.
>
> Art- i totally forgot about the lesser ones, like Jed! as an added 
> bonus, jed has an "emacs emulation mode" and is a lot more lightweight 
> than emacs! i just found that interesting.
[snip]
> let's keep this going, i'm curious as to what the rest of you use!

Pico / Nano.

I just want a simple editor that doesn't effing require me to memorize vast 
dictionaries of keycodes to do what I want to do, i.e. edit a text file. I 
should be able to use the arrow keys, the delete key, and be able to TYPE. I 
shouldn't have to enter "Edit Mode" since I'm in an editor. I should just be 
able to edit!

Alternatively, I'll WinSCP to the Linux box and use Notepad++. I rarely even use 
the GUI console any more. I'm debating removing X from it totally. Putty and 
WinSCP do what I need.

___________________________________________________________________________
Philadelphia Linux Users Group         --        http://www.phillylinux.org
Announcements - http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce
General Discussion  --   http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug