On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 4:14 PM, Marnen Laibow-Koser <li...@ruby-forum.com> wrote: > Johndel Deliyiannis wrote: >> I think I should try Vim or emacs with rails but I don't know with who >> I should go with. Try the one you're more familiar with or the one that feels better on your fingertips.
> > Why do you want to use either, instead of something like KomodoEdit or > TextMate? > >> I tried both and I feel the same... The most people >> are using vim in ruby community, why? I heard that vim scripting can >> be replaced with ruby, is this true and that is the reason that the >> most people are using vim and ruby? > I use Vim. Mostly because it just feels good for me, with the right plugins I have everything I use on every IDE I've used before (that is, code competion, syntax highlighting, code reference, tabs, and a few more). It is highly configurable, and portable (in about 300Kb I have my full 'IDE' everywhere I want) between platforms, and when you need it on a remote server, it's a really nice to have. Also, I abuse of the multi buffer edition on one tab. And, yes, you can also use the mouse if you like it to change the buffers size, select text, etc. > I have no idea. I can't stand vi, though vim certainly sucks less > badly. > >> >> Emacs I heard is more powerful than vim, you can even play tetris but >> the popularity fall in contrast of vim which has grown very much. I >> know about the editor wars but I really can't decide and the more >> opinions I read, the more I am confused... Do you really wanna play tetris when you're programming? The power of Emacs has nothing to do with the ability to play tetris on it. Both editors are nice, you have to try them to see which you like the most. I tried Emacs before Vim for rails, and just didn't feel good to me, maybe because I'm using Vim as the default text editor for Linux for about 9 years. > > I like Emacs much better than vi. But I think it's silly to use a > console editor on a GUI box (I don't like Xemacs or Aquamacs). > > Best, > -- > Marnen Laibow-Koser > http://www.marnen.org > mar...@marnen.org > -- > Posted via http://www.ruby-forum.com/. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. > To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-t...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > rubyonrails-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en. > > -- Leonardo Mateo. There's no place like ~ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ruby on Rails: Talk" group. To post to this group, send email to rubyonrails-t...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rubyonrails-talk+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rubyonrails-talk?hl=en.
