[mythtv-users] OFF TOPIC: Text Editor(s) ?

Leif Pihl leif at pihl.us
Fri Nov 15 00:19:15 UTC 2013


On Nov 14, 2013, at 4:10 PM, Eric Sharkey wrote:

> On Thu, Nov 14, 2013 at 4:54 PM, Leif Pihl <leif at pihl.us> wrote:
>> What Text Editor do you think is "the best" (by what ever definition you choose),
> 
> Some form of vi.  (vim being common.  Often "vi" is provided by vim,
> depending on your distribution and installed packages.)
> 
>> and/or the one that you would recommend to a "newbie" like me?
> 
> That depends.  Are you a newbie that wants to stay a newbie
> permanently or a newbie that wants to become a fully fledged
> administrator?
> 
> The former can use something like gedit, the latter should learn vi.
> 
> Advanced vi usage takes a lifetime to learn, but the basics can be
> mastered in under an hour.



Something between the two extremes would be nice. 





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> Eric
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