On 30/03/12 09:43, Chris Travers wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 6:35 PM, David Godfrey<[email protected]> wrote:
>> On 28/03/12 01:13, Chris Bennett wrote:
>> Hi Chris,
>>
>> Regarding the editor your script opens,
>> could I suggest that you try and open "nano" first and fall back to vi.
>> While I know vi is the editor of choice for many old school programmers,
>> most non programmers are totally lost in vi.
>> Nano on the other hand is fairly easy to use even for a novice, and seems
>> to be installed on most modern linux systems by default.
> Two points here:
>
> If you are going to do a lot of programming, it is *really* worth your
> time to learn VIM (my personal preference) or EMACS really well.
> These two editors are not just the choice of old school programmers.
> They have features that will greatly improve your productivity. The
> question as always is whether the time spent learning the editor will
> pay off. If you do a lot of programming it certainly will. I can do
> more things faster with VIM than anything else. I presume those who
> are really good with EMACS can say the same. This is why the
> perpetual flame war is between vi (and clones) and EMACS, not between
> either of these and Nano. EMACS has more features, while VIM probably
> has an easier learning curve. There are tutorials on the web if you
> want.
>
> On the other hand, if you are just doing a little bit of light-weight
> coding from time to time, then really I would recommend either an
> editor like Nano or something like gedit. These are simple,
> discoverable, and easy to use but they lack advanced features that you
> will really appreciate if you end up spending a lot of time coding.
>
> If I were to suggest where the line should be drawn, if you plan to
> spend at least 5 hrs each week for at least one month, it's probably
> worth learning an advanced editor.
>
> Best Wishes,
> Chris Travers
>
Hi Chris,
Totally agree regarding editors for programming.
BUT, I thought that the purpose of this script (and hence the spawning
of an editor) was to add a tool to assist installing (and possibly
maintaining) LedgerSMB on a production system.
If I am wrong in this assumption then my comments regarding nano are
superfluous.
On the other hand if I am right and the average "user" (ie: small
business) will be running the script I stand by my comment.
btw: I personally do use vi for serious work, but where I spawn an
editor from a script (setup, config, install, etc) I use, in order of
preference, mcedit/nano/vi.
This seems to be the best order of ease of use for a non technical
user.
Regards
David G
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