[CentOS] gcc editor for newbie (Emacs or vim or ?)

2008-08-10 Thread Lanny Marcus
I downloaded the .pdf version of "Thinking in C++" and I've begun to read that and I did yum groupinstall 'Development Tools' I'm a Newbie Desktop user, jumping into the deep end of the pool. Should I try to learn vi (Vim) (which obviously will help me, if I ever need to administer a remote box)

Re: [CentOS] gcc editor for newbie (Emacs or vim or ?)

2008-08-10 Thread Frank Cox
On Sun, 10 Aug 2008 17:04:16 -0500 Lanny Marcus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Should I try to learn > vi (Vim) (which obviously will help me, if I ever need to > administer a remote box) or install Emacs or something else, > for the gcc editor? That's the sort of question where, if you ask ten pe

Re: [CentOS] gcc editor for newbie (Emacs or vim or ?)

2008-08-10 Thread Akemi Yagi
On Sun, Aug 10, 2008 at 3:11 PM, Frank Cox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, 10 Aug 2008 17:04:16 -0500 > Lanny Marcus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Should I try to learn >> vi (Vim) (which obviously will help me, if I ever need to >> administer a remote box) or install Emacs or something els

Re: [CentOS] gcc editor for newbie (Emacs or vim or ?)

2008-08-10 Thread Nifty Cluster Mitch
On Sun, Aug 10, 2008 at 05:04:16PM -0500, Lanny Marcus wrote: > > I downloaded the .pdf version of "Thinking in C++" and I've > begun to read that and I did > yum groupinstall 'Development Tools' I'm a Newbie Desktop > user, jumping into the deep end of the pool. Should I try to learn > vi (Vim)

Re: [CentOS] gcc editor for newbie (Emacs or vim or ?)

2008-08-10 Thread William L. Maltby
On Sun, 2008-08-10 at 15:40 -0700, Akemi Yagi wrote: > On Sun, Aug 10, 2008 at 3:11 PM, Frank Cox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Sun, 10 Aug 2008 17:04:16 -0500 > > Lanny Marcus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> Should I try to learn > >> vi (Vim) (which obviously will help me, if I ever need

Re: [CentOS] gcc editor for newbie (Emacs or vim or ?)

2008-08-10 Thread Vaclav Mocek
Lanny Marcus wrote: I downloaded the .pdf version of "Thinking in C++" and I've begun to read that and I did yum groupinstall 'Development Tools' I'm a Newbie Desktop user, jumping into the deep end of the pool. Should I try to learn vi (Vim) (which obviously will help me, if I ever need to adm

Re: [CentOS] gcc editor for newbie (Emacs or vim or ?)

2008-08-11 Thread Lanny Marcus
On Sun, Aug 10, 2008 at 5:40 PM, Akemi Yagi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, Aug 10, 2008 at 3:11 PM, Frank Cox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> On Sun, 10 Aug 2008 17:04:16 -0500 >> Lanny Marcus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> Should I try to learn >>> vi (Vim) (which obviously will help me, if

Re: [CentOS] gcc editor for newbie (Emacs or vim or ?)

2008-08-11 Thread Lanny Marcus
On Sun, Aug 10, 2008 at 6:19 PM, Nifty Cluster Mitch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, Aug 10, 2008 at 05:04:16PM -0500, Lanny Marcus wrote: >> I downloaded the .pdf version of "Thinking in C++" and I've >> begun to read that and I did >> yum groupinstall 'Development Tools' I'm a Newbie Deskt

Re: [CentOS] gcc editor for newbie (Emacs or vim or ?)

2008-08-11 Thread Lanny Marcus
On Sun, Aug 10, 2008 at 6:43 PM, William L. Maltby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, 2008-08-10 at 15:40 -0700, Akemi Yagi wrote: >> On Sun, Aug 10, 2008 at 3:11 PM, Frank Cox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > On Sun, 10 Aug 2008 17:04:16 -0500 >> > Lanny Marcus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > >>

Re: [CentOS] gcc editor for newbie (Emacs or vim or ?)

2008-08-11 Thread Lanny Marcus
On Sun, Aug 10, 2008 at 9:07 PM, Vaclav Mocek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Lanny Marcus wrote: >> I downloaded the .pdf version of "Thinking in C++" and I've >> begun to read that and I did >> yum groupinstall 'Development Tools' I'm a Newbie Desktop >> user, jumping into the deep end of the pool

RE: [CentOS] gcc editor for newbie (Emacs or vim or ?)

2008-08-11 Thread Ross S. W. Walker
Lanny Marcus wrote: > On Sun, Aug 10, 2008 at 6:19 PM, Nifty Cluster Mitch > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Sun, Aug 10, 2008 at 05:04:16PM -0500, Lanny Marcus wrote: > >> I downloaded the .pdf version of "Thinking in C++" and I've > >> begun to read that and I did > >> yum groupinstall 'Develop

Re: [CentOS] gcc editor for newbie (Emacs or vim or ?)

2008-08-11 Thread Ralph Angenendt
Lanny Marcus wrote: > On Sun, Aug 10, 2008 at 6:19 PM, Nifty Cluster Mitch > > gvim > > There is almost no pain if you stick with gvim (vim). > > The help is full of helpfull stuff, the mouse works, > > syntax and keyword aware > > gvim sounds interesting. Thanks! I tried to install it, but it

Re: [CentOS] gcc editor for newbie (Emacs or vim or ?)

2008-08-11 Thread Lanny Marcus
On Mon, Aug 11, 2008 at 11:09 AM, Ross S. W. Walker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Well Eclipse is more of an IDE (Integrated Development Environment) > which I think having one that works across multiple languages is > essential. > > Emacs was the original IDE, but the GUI gives a lot more to the >

Re: [CentOS] gcc editor for newbie (Emacs or vim or ?)

2008-08-11 Thread Lanny Marcus
On Mon, Aug 11, 2008 at 11:09 AM, Ralph Angenendt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Lanny Marcus wrote: >> On Sun, Aug 10, 2008 at 6:19 PM, Nifty Cluster Mitch >> > gvim >> > There is almost no pain if you stick with gvim (vim). >> > The help is full of helpfull stuff, the mouse works, >> > syntax and k

Re: [CentOS] gcc editor for newbie (Emacs or vim or ?)

2008-08-11 Thread Lanny Marcus
On Sun, Aug 10, 2008 at 6:19 PM, Nifty Cluster Mitch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, Aug 10, 2008 at 05:04:16PM -0500, Lanny Marcus wrote: >> >> I downloaded the .pdf version of "Thinking in C++" and I've >> begun to read that and I did >> yum groupinstall 'Development Tools' I'm a Newbie De

Re: [CentOS] gcc editor for newbie (Emacs or vim or ?)

2008-08-11 Thread Florin Andrei
mcedit "yum install mc" and you can start using it. Can't get more intuitive than that. I use it for PHP and C programming, and shell scripting. -- Florin Andrei http://florin.myip.org/ ___ CentOS mailing list CentOS@centos.org http://lists.centos.o

Re: [CentOS] gcc editor for newbie (Emacs or vim or ?)

2008-08-11 Thread Kuang-Chun Cheng
On Mon, Aug 11, 2008 at 6:40 AM, Akemi Yagi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, Aug 10, 2008 at 3:11 PM, Frank Cox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> On Sun, 10 Aug 2008 17:04:16 -0500 >> Lanny Marcus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> Should I try to learn >>> vi (Vim) (which obviously will help me, if

Re: [CentOS] gcc editor for newbie (Emacs or vim or ?)

2008-08-11 Thread Lanny Marcus
On Mon, Aug 11, 2008 at 3:51 PM, Florin Andrei <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > mcedit > "yum install mc" and you can start using it. Can't get more intuitive than > that. I use it for PHP and C programming, and shell scripting. I think a friend used Midnight Commander, years ago. On Wikipedia, their

Re: [CentOS] gcc editor for newbie (Emacs or vim or ?)

2008-08-11 Thread Lanny Marcus
On Mon, Aug 11, 2008 at 4:04 PM, Kuang-Chun Cheng <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, Aug 11, 2008 at 6:40 AM, Akemi Yagi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> On Sun, Aug 10, 2008 at 3:11 PM, Frank Cox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> On Sun, 10 Aug 2008 17:04:16 -0500 >>> Lanny Marcus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: [CentOS] gcc editor for newbie (Emacs or vim or ?)

2008-08-11 Thread Tim Utschig
On 08/10/08 15:04, Lanny Marcus wrote: I downloaded the .pdf version of "Thinking in C++" and I've begun to read that and I did yum groupinstall 'Development Tools' I'm a Newbie Desktop user, jumping into the deep end of the pool. Should I try to learn vi (Vim) (which obviously will help me, if

Re: [CentOS] gcc editor for newbie (Emacs or vim or ?)

2008-08-11 Thread Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams
On Mon, 2008-08-11 at 18:03 -0700, Tim Utschig wrote: > On 08/10/08 15:04, Lanny Marcus wrote: > > I downloaded the .pdf version of "Thinking in C++" and I've > > begun to read that and I did > > yum groupinstall 'Development Tools' I'm a Newbie Desktop > > user, jumping into the deep end of the

RE: [CentOS] gcc editor for newbie (Emacs or vim or ?)

2008-08-12 Thread Bowie Bailey
Lanny Marcus wrote: > > Thank you! gvim is slick. As you wrote, it has lots of help > and it will be easy to learn how to use vi, by learning on gvim. > Better than holding a cheat sheet or having a book open, trying > to figure out what to do, when learning. There is a nice vi cheatsheet availab

Re: [CentOS] gcc editor for newbie (Emacs or vim or ?)

2008-08-12 Thread Frank Cox
On Tue, 12 Aug 2008 13:10:25 -0400 Bowie Bailey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > There is a nice vi cheatsheet available here: > > http://downloads.techrepublic.com.com/abstract.aspx?docid=172404 "Access to this feature requires a free TechRepublic membership!" -- MELVILLE THEATRE ~ Melville Sask

Re: [CentOS] gcc editor for newbie (Emacs or vim or ?)

2008-08-13 Thread David Dyer-Bennet
On Mon, August 11, 2008 19:27, Lanny Marcus wrote: > On Mon, Aug 11, 2008 at 4:04 PM, Kuang-Chun Cheng <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> So, learn vi ... and you can share the same command when using >> terminal/bash. > > Thank you for pointing that out! Yes, bash is the shell. The GNU readline library, wh

Re: [CentOS] gcc editor for newbie (Emacs or vim or ?) [Going OT]

2008-08-11 Thread William L. Maltby
On Mon, 2008-08-11 at 11:04 -0500, Lanny Marcus wrote: > > Vi or vim. I think Emacs would just cloud my mind, when I'm trying to absorb > C++Lanny If you have C experience, it'll be quick once you get your head around constructors, destructors, inheritance, templates (I never did enough of

Re: [CentOS] gcc editor for newbie (Emacs or vim or ?) [Going OT]

2008-08-11 Thread Lanny Marcus
On Mon, Aug 11, 2008 at 11:38 AM, William L. Maltby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Mon, 2008-08-11 at 11:04 -0500, Lanny Marcus wrote: >> > >> Vi or vim. I think Emacs would just cloud my mind, when I'm trying to absorb >> C++Lanny > > If you have C experience, it'll be quick once you get y

Re: [CentOS] gcc editor for newbie (Emacs or vim or ?) [Going OT]

2008-08-11 Thread William L. Maltby
On Mon, 2008-08-11 at 12:38 -0500, Lanny Marcus wrote: > On Mon, Aug 11, 2008 at 11:38 AM, William L. Maltby > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > On Mon, 2008-08-11 at 11:04 -0500, Lanny Marcus wrote: > >> > > > >> Vi or vim. I think Emacs would just cloud my mind, when I'm trying to > >> absorb

Re: [CentOS] gcc editor for newbie (Emacs or vim or ?) [Going OT]

2008-08-11 Thread Lanny Marcus
On Mon, Aug 11, 2008 at 1:07 PM, William L. Maltby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, 2008-08-11 at 12:38 -0500, Lanny Marcus wrote: >> On Mon, Aug 11, 2008 at 11:38 AM, William L. Maltby >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Thanks! Not much C experience. I'm an old Assembly Language guy. Trying to >