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sailor 06-08-2004 03:04 PM

Linux: What editor do YOU use?
 
OK, I havent seen any of the classic vi vs. emacs arguments here, and I know that there are a lot of Linux users around here, so here it goes: what Linux/Unix editor do YOU use?

Personally, I skip both of the big two, choosing instead to go for Nano. I find it more intuitive and easier to use. It certainly isnt as powerful as the two big names, but I dont usually use features like that. Given the choice between vi and emacs though, I choose vi. I am marginally proficient in it, just enough to function if I am thrown onto a machine without Nano.

glytch 06-08-2004 04:31 PM

Still learning Linux, so I'm sticking with vi for now. Hopefully I'll find something a little better soon.

oberon 06-08-2004 04:40 PM

I use vim.

My philosophy is: Pick one and learn the hell out of it. If your choice is not vi or emacs, learn the basics of one of those, since they'll be on everything.

I do not care what other people use, as long as they're proficient with it.

twister002 06-08-2004 05:28 PM

Most of my boxes are Gentoo. They have Vi and ViM installed on them but Nano gets used most of the time.

Jolt 06-08-2004 05:36 PM

vi vi vi vi vi vi

When stuck with vim, I install vi.

I respect people who choose emacs outside X11.

pico is so bad, it could have been written by microsoft.

ZZ

ibis 06-08-2004 09:13 PM

I use vi.

Damit, I swore I wasn't gonna let my nerd side come out here...

SecretMethod70 06-08-2004 09:14 PM

I use nano. First used it the first time I installed Gentoo and have been using it since. I don't need the more advanced abilities of vi.

irseg 06-08-2004 09:33 PM

vi. It's simple and efficient. emacs is utterly ridiculous, WAY too much crap to do simple commands.

oblar 06-08-2004 11:47 PM

out of the big two, I much prefer vim. I am trying to learn the hell out of it, but still fairly new.

to do quick text edits, I generally lean towards pico or nano (whichever is available), since they are quick, and I don't have to worry about messing things up as easily. (also first used pico around '96 or '95 so it is more of a comfort editor*grin*)

although any major script or programming work I go vim.

stinks too, since my uni teaches EVERYONE to use emacs.. They teach the class by it and dont have vim installed on most of the machines.

Latch 06-09-2004 01:08 AM

vim for text based

gedit for graphical quick-edits (through nautilus).

tropple 06-09-2004 02:48 AM

Pico.

bacon_masta 06-09-2004 08:13 AM

vi. emacs has way too much bs to bulldog my way through just to accomplish something simple.

kel 06-09-2004 03:16 PM

VIM + Jalopy = Goodness

I couldn't indent or format my code consistently if my life depended on it.

ssh_agent 06-09-2004 03:24 PM

vi !

ratbastid 06-09-2004 05:31 PM

vi if I'm on a remote shell. nedit if I'm on X.

nedit rules, by the way. Very powerful little editor.

dahdah 06-09-2004 11:57 PM

Vi, but usually Pico.

Sty 06-10-2004 06:21 AM

vi/vim. Emacs users are nutcases.

Oh, and i JUST HAVE to mention that I use FreeBSD :P

amokk 06-10-2004 10:03 PM

nano for me

cthulu23 06-11-2004 08:48 PM

Vim for 95% of my work, occasionally Kate connected to a remote server using the fish KIO slave (mostly for HTML editing).

Although I don't go for the macho "non-intuitive" editing posture, using Nano and Pico will cause some folks to categorize the user as a n00b. Too notepad-ish, I guess.

asittler 06-12-2004 10:16 PM

Emacs, because I don't use all the modes of vi/m and hitting ctrl-x-ctrl-c is a lot more intuitive than hitting ":wq" or ":q!" to quit.

I'd rather hit "ctrl-x-ctrl-s-ctrl-x-ctrl-c" to quit than :wq because I don't have to use the shift key to quit emacs. And Cperl is unbeatable.

sailor 06-13-2004 09:01 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Sty
vi/vim. Emacs users are nutcases.

Oh, and i JUST HAVE to mention that I use FreeBSD :P

Haha, like we couldnt tell from the avatar...

Rawb 06-13-2004 11:21 AM

Emacs for all things serious
 
Emacs is what I use for all of my programming. It just has a lot of little things thown in that make it nice to keep up all the time, never starting a new emacs, just opening up new "buffers" in it. Secondly, the macro system allows me to do amazing repetitive things really, really easily.

I still use vi for quick edits in the shell, when I don't want to switch between xterm an emacs (I use eshell every once in a while, but mostly a normal shell in an xterm/konsole). But anytme I'm in a file for more than 30 seconds or more, emacs really starts being handy.

syquestrd270 06-15-2004 01:11 AM

pico

Jadedfox 06-15-2004 03:58 AM

Emacs. Nuff said.

--jaded

Mephex 06-15-2004 04:23 AM

nano, pico without the pine fresh scent ;)

Jean-Luc Godard 06-19-2004 07:43 PM

Emacs can do so much more than vi with much less hassle, but when I'm in a rush I'll just use gedit through nautilus.

Nafter 06-19-2004 07:44 PM

vi, what i learnt first heh

ca_xtreme 06-19-2004 09:18 PM

i learned pico first but perfer vi ..... all i had to use on a hp-ux machine..but i hate typing so i will usually use like kwrite or what have ya in the gui.

kaze01 06-20-2004 12:28 PM

vi or vim if it's available. I use it a *lot*, so i'm pretty good with it. never used emacs.

nothingx 06-22-2004 07:21 PM

It really depends on what I'm editing. For hacking out code I like to use something graphical like xemacs or nedit because they give you nice syntax highlighting and have macros for doing things like commenting out blocks of code... but when I just need to make a simple edit to a config file or something like that, vi works perfectly. As always, there's a right tool for the right job.

Fearless_Hyena 06-23-2004 09:12 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by Sty
vi/vim. Emacs users are nutcases.

Oh, and i JUST HAVE to mention that I use FreeBSD :P

I laughed when I read that, I never bothered to learn Emacs either. I only ever use vi anymore but still I'm far from proficient in it. I would always use pico to write text files, but I hardly ever do that outside of a gui anymore.

If you don't know vi then check out this oldschool post on Hack vi, it's funny but actually instructive. Sometimes vi is your only choice so it could come in handy. ;) I think it's where I first learned vi from....

Tandem 06-24-2004 07:18 AM

vi.

IMHO, The first and really only editor you should be bothered learning.
Regardless of where you go, vi will always be there and ready for you to use. :)

noctypair 06-24-2004 10:40 AM

Nano/Vi depending on what I am working on at the time

Rekna 06-26-2004 08:33 PM

vi/vim you have to learn the interface anyways since most other programs share the same interface (like man). Besides it is really efficient once you get used to it.

sargorn 06-27-2004 12:38 AM

vim/vi. gvim/vim/vi if in a gui, depending on task.

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zero2 06-27-2004 06:05 PM

Only use vi.


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