[juneau-lug] Re: Editors
- From: deadcats <deadcats@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: juneau-lug@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 1 Feb 2006 20:10:24 -0900
>>Now the real question of the day, who's gotten IE 7.0 beta to run on
Linux?<<
But, who would want to?.. And why?..
*Sigh* I suppose I could install it in one of my Windows VM's...is it
'sposed to work in 2K or do I have to waste a perfectly good XP VM?..
If I do, I'll report back to the group... ;)
-dc
On 2/1/06, Tom McBrien <tom@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> I love to just fire up OpenOffice 2.0 to do my text editing. Saves very
> nicely as plain text. And now that harddrives have 100's of GB, why not
> install emacs with all the beeps and whistles
> Those are jokes... haha... I know I'm not funny, but it's something I'm
> working on.
>
> I'm actually with the nedit/vi crew.
>
> Now the real question of the day, who's gotten IE 7.0 beta to run on
> Linux?
>
>
> On Tue, 2006-01-31 at 22:07 -0900, Matt Heavner wrote:
>
> > I think you have to know some vi. But if you have to edit alot, you
> > should learn emacs. I use emacs for "real editing." My uses include
> > LaTeX (manuscripts, presentations, and posters; physics homework--I'm
> > sure there is a vi way for adding macros (maybe you use m4 in combo
> > with vi?), but I like having the entire greek alphabet at two key
> > strokes away) perl and python code (the modes within emacs are great);
> > matlab and idl modes; wiki mode, etc.. etc.. And in my experience,
> > the emacs calc-mode is amazingly, insanely great--it is hands down the
> > best calculator I've ever used. RPN, symbolic manipulation, yanking
> > and pasting from LaTeX buffers, column and matrix math, and that is
> > really just the beginning.
> >
> > I use vi almost daily as well, for a quick config file edit or
> > something similar.
> >
> > So I'd say some time on vi, and more time on emacs...
> >
> > Matt
> >
> > On 1/31/06, deadcats <deadcats@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > Being relatively new to the shell, I prefer the enchanced vim that
> SuSE
> > > offers--and Gawd forgive the person mentioning Edlin...may it rot in
> hade=
> > s.
> > > ;)
> > > -dc
> > >
> > > On 1/31/06, Stephen E. Bodnar <sbodnar@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > If I'm out in the shell somewhere, I always use vi. Except that
> > > > linux distributions will often substitute an enhanced version of
> vi.
> > > >
> > > > But I agree with Jacob. Nedit is my favorite in a GUI.
> > > >
> > > > Stephen
> > > >
> > > > >I like nano. It was a free as in speech rewrite of pico. But
> Larry i=
> > s
> > > > >probably right. Vi is almost a standard on *nix machines. That
> being
> > > > >said my favorite GUI text editor is nedit.
> > > > >
> > > > >Talley family wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > >>But if you are bouncing around on different Linux/Unix hosts,
> > > > >>seems to me that vi or ed are the only things you can count
> > > > >>on finding....
> > > > >>
> > > > >>For that reason I think a student should learn vi.
> > > > >>
> > > > >>Eat it, its good for you.
> > > > >>
> > > > >>Larry
> > > > >>
> > > > >>
> > > > >>
> > > > >>>-----Original Message-----
> > > > >>>From: juneau-lug-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > > >>>[mailto:juneau-lug-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Kevin
> Miller
> > > > >>>Sent: Tuesday, January 31, 2006 6:10 PM
> > > > >>>To: juneau-lug@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > > >>>Subject: [juneau-lug] Re: Editors
> > > > >>>
> > > > >>>
> > > > >>>Eric M. Niewoehner wrote:
> > > > >>>
> > > > >>>
> > > > >>>>I am about to teach a section on editors and I was curious
> > > > >>>>
> > > > >>>>
> > > > >>>as to which
> > > > >>>
> > > > >>>
> > > > >>>>text editor you all preferred. While I am on my local
> > > > >>>>
> > > > >>>>
> > > > >>>workstation, I
> > > > >>>
> > > > >>>
> > > > >>>>always use the GUI, but shell sessions require a plain-text
> > > > >>>>
> > > > >>>>
> > > > >>>editor. The
> > > > >>>
> > > > >>>
> > > > >>>>author of the text I am using is keen on vi.
> > > > >>>>
> > > > >>>>
> > > > >>>If I'm in KDE I usually use Kate. If at the CLI, I like the
> midnigh=
> > t
> > > > >>>commander editor (if mc is installed). Otherwise I flip/flop
> > > > >>>between vi
> > > > >>>and pico. Not overly fluent in vi, and not overly impressed
> > > > >>>with pico.
> > > > >>>
> > > > >>>Way back in the DOS days I used to use an editor called TED (Tiny
> > > > >>>EDitor) which was a PC Mag. utility. Small, fast, and beat the
> pant=
> > s
> > > > >>>off edlin. The mc editor is similar. Best thing since sliced
> beer.
> > > > >>>Um, bottled bread. Er, whatever.
> > > > >>>
> > > > >>>If I'm doing more than just a quick edit of a .conf file the
> > > > >>>color and
> > > > >>>nesting in Kate is quite handy. Don't do much scripting or
> > > > >>>programming
> > > > >>>so my needs are pretty humble...
> > > > >>>
> > > > >>>...Kevin
> > > > >>>--
> > > > >>>Kevin Miller
> > > > >>>http://www.alaska.net/~atftb
> > > > >>>Juneau, Alaska
> > > > > >>Registered Linux User No: 307357
> >
> > --
> > | Matt Heavner, Assistant Professor of Physics
> > | University of Alaska Southeast
> > | 11120 Glacier Highway, Juneau, AK 99801
> > | Phone: (907) 796-6403 Fax: (907) 796-6406
> > | If Heisenberg was uncertain, why are you so sure?
> >
> > ------------------------------------
> > This is the Juneau-LUG mailing list.
> > To unsubscribe, send an e-mail to juneau-lug-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with
> the word unsubscribe in the subject header.
>
>
>
> ------------------------------------
> This is the Juneau-LUG mailing list.
> To unsubscribe, send an e-mail to juneau-lug-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with
> the word unsubscribe in the subject header.
>
------------------------------------
This is the Juneau-LUG mailing list.
To unsubscribe, send an e-mail to juneau-lug-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the
word unsubscribe in the subject header.
Other related posts:
