http://www.vim.org/about.php
The one real advantage to vi-type editors compared to other editors is that they enable you to edit without taking your hands off the home keys. They are, however, extremely difficult to learn. I have never recommended vi to anyone who wanted to learn a new editor from scratch. But for those of us who did learn vi back in ancient days and are comfortable with it, vim does have that advantage, and also advanced (to me) features like syntax coloring.
The only integrated development environment I ever used was the one in QuickBASIC, but even that was extremely useful. I haven't tried Affrus yet, but I am tempted. Even if I do have to use cursor keys.
I think it's probably a mistake to base a choice of tool on its availability in an environment you're not using. Perl is not just for professional programmers who expect to learn lots of different operating systems and work on them all. If someday one finds oneself programming seriously in some way on another system, one can learn the tools that are appropriate then - tools which may not even exist today.
On Mar 2, 2005, at 4:28 PM, Joseph Alotta wrote:
It seems to me, that vi and vim are very similiar. I actually thought they
were the same. What is the difference?
-- Aaron Priven, [EMAIL PROTECTED],com, http://www.priven.com/aaron
