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

Stephen P. Villano stephen.p.villano at gmail.com
Fri Nov 15 01:52:16 UTC 2013


On 11/14/13 5:00 PM, Stefan Jones wrote:
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>
>     *From: *"Leif Pihl" <leif at pihl.us>
>     *To: *"Discussion about MythTV" <mythtv-users at mythtv.org>
>     *Sent: *Thursday, November 14, 2013 1:54:13 PM
>     *Subject: *[mythtv-users] OFF TOPIC:  Text Editor(s) ?
>
>     Gents and Madams:
>
>     A friend was just over to help out with Linux and MythBuntu (more
>     on that later).
>     During the course of troubleshooting, he looked through a web site
>     other(s) here had already referenced.
>        (
>     https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Advanced_Linux_Sound_Architecture#HDMI_output_does_not_work
>     )
>     He zipped through it very fast (or at least a LOT faster than I
>     would have), and used a text editor to create one of the files the
>     web page recommended.
>
>     I can't recall the name of the Text Editor, but I know it had only
>     two digits, and I think one was the letter "V'.
>     If I was only interested in that text editor, I could (re)ask him
>     the name of if...
>
>     -----
>
>     What I'm interested in hearing your opinion on is...
>
>     What Text Editor do you think is "the best" (by what ever
>     definition you choose),
>     and/or the one that you would recommend to a "newbie" like me?
>
> Oh man . . . text editors have been the cause of many "religious wars"
> since the ur-times of the Internet.
>
True enough. Many have suffered in the flames of those wars.
Though, it was fun occasionally throwing a flame war off track with the
mention of edlin.   ;)
Edlin: Microsoft's answer to vi.  ;)

Windows, brought to you by the same folks who brought you edlin.
> You friend was likely using 'vi'. The slightly-more-modern version is
> 'vim.'
>
> The other major player is emacs.
>
> I prefer vi / vim. It is a major pain to get used to the modes and
> keystrokes, but once you have those down you can edit simple files
> very easily.
>
> Stefan
>
>
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