use what you know. If anything learn the basics of VI only because it's on every unix box by default ASFAIK.
On Tue, 24 Sep 2002, Dick Applebaum wrote: > OK, I have VIM running on the Mac. I know that others have touted VIM, > but I don't see the advantage -- it looks like several other > command-line editors available on *nix systems. It appears to be heavy > on key-entry and light on GUI. It appears that to become proficient, > one must learn yet another series of keyed commands. > > I guess my questions would be: > > 1) what are the advantages of using VIM over other editors (CLI or GUI). > > 2) what are the specific advantages to CFML, HTML,Java, JavaScript > coding. > > 3) Is it worth the effort to learn to use this editor? > > > No offense intended, but VIM seems rather retrograde when compared to > some of the GUI editors currently available. > > I know an editor is a personal thing, but if one already is comfortable > with BBEdit, JEdit, Studio, whatever -- what would be the advantage of > learning VIM? > > It seems to me that you would be giving up quite a bit! > > I don't want to get into a Pi**ing contest -- I am sincerely interested > in the advantages of VIM. > > Am I missing something? > > Dick > > > On Tuesday, September 24, 2002, at 11:08 AM, Dick Applebaum wrote: > > > On Tuesday, September 24, 2002, at 10:30 AM, Hugo Ahlenius wrote: > > > >> I am starting to get tired of promoting VIM as the best editor/IDE for > >> all > >> CF related work... Which has almost any feature you throw at it. And > >> thousands of more. > >> > >> No Emacs users out here? Or fellow VIM-mers? > >> > >> > > > > Mac OS X comes with emacs -- but a it is a CLI editor. > > > > There is a vim for Mac OS X at: > > > > http://macvim.swdev.org/OSX/ > > > > > > I am downloading it now -- will give it a try and comment later. > > > > Dick > > ______________________________________________________________________ Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
