* William Pursell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2007 Nov 05 00:59 -0600]: > I guess I'm suggesting that you seriously question why > you are rejecting out of hand the two best choices for > development on Linux.
Of course, I can't speak for the OP, but in my case it has been strictly a matter of familiarity. I've tried Emacs on and off over the past eleven years and I tried Vi(m) which is nearly completely foreign to me. I had opted for a nice editor years ago called FTE. However, its development has stagnated iver the past several years and it doesn't integrate very well with GNU tools. As I work more with GNU development tools, I've begun to see the need for an editor that works with them. So, I have been inspired by this thread to investigate Emacs again. I've found that Emacs 22.1 with the GTK UI is the first version I can use without getting things all messed up while I'm learning proper Emacs keystrokes. Over time I'll be able to adapt to Emacs and in the mean time I won't feel like a total fool as before. Also, even though I installed the GUI version of Emacs, the text mode version is still there for those rare times X is unavailable. So I can understand where someone would feel less than productive while learning something new. I do know that down the road the rewards will be great and that I probably should have taken the time to learn Emacs many years ago. - Nate >> -- Wireless | Amateur Radio Station N0NB | Successfully Microsoft Amateur radio exams; ham radio; Linux info @ | free since January 1998. http://www.qsl.net/n0nb/ | "Debian, the choice of My Kawasaki KZ-650 SR @ | a GNU generation!" http://www.networksplus.net/n0nb/ | http://www.debian.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]