[oclug] Vim Rulez (was Programming Wars - Final Results)

Michael P. Soulier msoulier at storm.ca
Wed Apr 18 07:53:24 EDT 2001


On Wed, Apr 18, 2001 at 12:27:04AM -0400, Jon Earle wrote:
> I've been deliberately playing with vim, and I still have to esc all the
> time.  God I hate vi.
> 
> If only joe had syntax highlighting.  <sigh>

    Maybe you'd prefer something like nedit then? I like Vim, but nedit seems
to follow the feel of most editors, and it does syntax highlighting. A friend
of mine loves it. 

    Unix is about choice Jon. No one is going to force you. ;-)

    Mike

> "Vi sucks, get a real editor."  -- Me

    Very eloquent. I personally liked, "I don't like VI. Is there a VII?"

    Mike

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Michael P. Soulier <msoulier at storm.ca>
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