"James Miller" <ja...@aatch.net> wrote in message news:mailman.523.1329551034.20196.digitalmar...@puremagic.com... >I would like to add a few more points. > I exclusively use (g)vim text editing, why? Because it means I can jump on > a console, SSH into a server, and it will probably have vim, or atleast > vi.
I've heard a lot of people say that about vi(m), but in my (admittedly somewhat limited) experience, I've never come across a (Li|U)n[ui]x system that didn't have nano or pico (neither of which are great, but they're good enough for editing Unix configuration files, and I'm actually capable of using them, unlike emacs or vim). But I prefer to do it like this: SSH into a server, but then also connect via SSHFS (SSHFS is fucking *awesome*!). That way, no matter the server, I can use *any* editor I want: kate, gedit, whatever. If I'm using a server that doesn't already have ssh set up (for instance, if I'm actually setting up ssh) *then* I'll either use nano/pico or, if I can, I'll install mcedit which is the closest I've seen to what I would consider a nice text-mode editor.
