[ale] Survey -- preferred Text Editor

JD jdp at algoloma.com
Tue Oct 22 05:48:54 EDT 2013


* vi
* geany - if I remember when starting a long programming session or for visual
spell check
* Eclipse, but only when forced for Android Dev. My Core i5/i7 systems only have
8G of RAM, so it doesn't run well.

First command on any new system is *sudo apt-get purge nano*. The level of
hatred towards nano cannot be expressed.

Am reformed emacs user. After about 6 months, kept entering vi-mode to get work
done. ;) Plus we didn't have storage to install emacs on every system, so I was
forced to use vi on the workstation I sat behind. 100% true story. Learned both
at the same time - in the end, vi won for me.


On 10/21/2013 10:40 PM, Scott Castaline wrote:
> vi
> vim
> geany
> occasionally nano
> 
> On 10/21/2013 03:10 PM, Jonathan Meek wrote:
>> Now to really start the holy wars of all holy wars since we got the preferred
>> distro, desktop, and browser.
>>
>> What's everyone preferred text editor?
>>
>> Personally, I have been using nano for a while now. I have tried vi and emacs
>> but never got the hang of it.
>>
>> Let the stones be thrown now!
>>
>> *Runs for cover*
>>


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