"ChinStrap" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Opinions on what the best is? Or reading I could get to maybe sway me > to Emacs (which has the major advantage of being on everyone's system).
When I first started using emacs, progress was slow, but through my persistence, I was able to harness the power of a very powerful editor. I find that with emacs I rarely touch the mouse when editing code. I just love the idea of splitting emacs into multiple windows, one with my current projects source code, another one with py-shell loaded up (which makes for a wonderful interactive python session with all of your emacs key bindings), a third window with GNUS (emacs news-reader) and lastly chatting in a 4th window with ERC, an emacs IRC chat client. Doing all these activities from within one editor just gives one an enormous sense of satisfaction. A one stop shop editing tool-box at your disposal. For me, maximum comfort working within emacs included swapping the CTRL key with the CAPS lock key. It's just so much more comfortable on the pinky finger! In windows this meant changing a registry key and on linux, altering a keymap config. file. Emacs may seem awkward at first, but the payoff was amazing for me. This is comparable to my first experiences with python. Now, one of my greatest joys is writing python code using emacs. -- Mike L.G. http://www.mahalosoft.com -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list