28 Dec, 2009, JohnnyStarr wrote in the 1st comment:
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Yes, there are a lot more editors to choose from, but let's just say you have a favorite :biggrin:
Which one is yours? And if you really want to, you can say why.
28 Dec, 2009, Sandi wrote in the 2nd comment:
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"ed is the standard text editor."
28 Dec, 2009, David Haley wrote in the 3rd comment:
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I use vim, and find that it works better for me, but I wouldn't assert that it is "better" in the absolute sense. One thing I like about it is that it's very fast to start and quit, objectively more so than Emacs IIRC. Whether or not this is useful to you depends on your usage pattern.
28 Dec, 2009, Fizban wrote in the 4th comment:
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Meh too old school for those, I want my pico options :(
28 Dec, 2009, Cratylus wrote in the 5th comment:
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Sandi said:
"ed is the standard text editor."


teehee

I admit to some fondness for line editing, since that's what oldstyle LP muds had,
but I don't think these days I'd choose it, like, on purpose.

My vote is for vim mostly out of ignorance of emacs. I think I used emacs for a total of
about 25 seconds, just to see what it looked like, then withdrew like a monkey bitten
on the paw by a viper…shrieking, panicked, offended, and resentful.

Kind of like people who dip into the MB controversial topics forum.

Having said that, I'm not sure I'd recommend g/vi/m to a casual newbie. There
are user-friendlier editors out there that use "entry mode" as the primary interface,
with control-<char> for commands. For a "power user" or someone who intends to
become one, vi is obviously a good thing to know since it is ubiquitous, but other,
simpler jobbies suffice for the computer-stuff-isn't-really-my-life people.

-Crat
http://lpmuds.net
28 Dec, 2009, David Haley wrote in the 6th comment:
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Oh, if the question is which would I recommend to a newbie, that's another question entirely, indeed…
28 Dec, 2009, Zen_Clark wrote in the 7th comment:
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I use GNU Emac for a wide range of activities from programming to doing my homework.
I use to use Vi before I learned to use Emacs, but I forgot how fairly quickly.
28 Dec, 2009, Lyanic wrote in the 8th comment:
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Pico > (Vim + Emacs). That is all. Kthxbai.
28 Dec, 2009, Zen_Clark wrote in the 9th comment:
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How can you think that Pico is better then both Emacs and Vim? That is horrible and ignorant!
Shame on you, Lyanic!
28 Dec, 2009, David Haley wrote in the 10th comment:
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War of the WorldsEditors, Round I
28 Dec, 2009, Zen_Clark wrote in the 11th comment:
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History should show that Emacs was always the victor of the ancient holy-wars/editor-wars.
Just find any flame war on usenet; Emacs always wins, because it rocks.
28 Dec, 2009, Lyanic wrote in the 12th comment:
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Zen_Clark said:
How can you think that Pico is better then both Emacs and Vim? That is horrible and ignorant!
Shame on you, Lyanic!

Zen_Clark said:
History should show that Emacs was always the victor of the ancient holy-wars/editor-wars.
Just find any flame war on usenet; Emacs always wins, because it rocks.

HE'S…errr…I'M A HERETIC!! GET HIM…errr…ME!!!
28 Dec, 2009, Scandum wrote in the 13th comment:
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I use JOE pretty much exclusively. On systems without JOE (shame on them) I use Pico, otherwise whatever is available.
28 Dec, 2009, Brinson wrote in the 14th comment:
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I don't use CLI text editors. If I did, I'd just use pico/nano, because I don't like how emacs/vim's shortcuts are setup by default and the one time I'm using it isn't worth configuring it.
28 Dec, 2009, quixadhal wrote in the 15th comment:
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*grabs his pitchfork and torch and rushes off to the battlefront*

VIM is the one true editor, descended from the one true editor vi, in turn descended from the one true editor ed. There can be on other editor!

EMACS (Eight Megs And Climbing Still) is an abomination, used only by Hentacle-Monsters who enjoy pressing shift-ctrl-alt-meta-alt-shift-X to bring up the 12th level sub-menu that lets them save their document.

Oh, and the only reason Emacs won any battles is because all the Vi folk were busy doing work with their editor, rather than coding stupid tower-of-babel things in lisp. *pthbbbth*
28 Dec, 2009, Zen_Clark wrote in the 16th comment:
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Quixadhal, your points are as useless and ignorant as Herbert Gilliland III!
How dare you make fun of Emacs, and its customizable goodness! Aside
from the people who act dumber then you, I've never seen anyone do
something so dumb!

Who needs pitchforks, and torches when you can just do "M-x pictchfork" and "M-x torch"?
28 Dec, 2009, Sandi wrote in the 17th comment:
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Zen_Clark said:
Aside from the people who act dumber then you, I've never seen anyone do something so dumb!

I got a copy of the EMACS Manual. I had Stallman sign the shrinkwrap.

Now I don't want to open it, so I use nano. :redface:
28 Dec, 2009, Brinson wrote in the 18th comment:
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I'm just waiting for someone to say notepad.exe.

…Wait for it…
28 Dec, 2009, Tyche wrote in the 19th comment:
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My personal favorite is SPFPC.
If I find myself working on a retarded system for some reason I tend to use nano if available.
28 Dec, 2009, KaVir wrote in the 20th comment:
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VI VI VI - the editor of the beast.
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