Re: Programmers Text Editor

2007-11-10 Thread Owen Townend
On Sat, 2007-11-03 at 17:02 -0400, Richard wrote: Looking to get into programming for linux, would like to do: Java, Perl Lisp What editors (IDE or RAD) environment application would work or if needed to run 2 or 3 different editors that would be fine too. (please no: emacs or vi (or

Re: Programmers Text Editor

2007-11-06 Thread Nate Duehr
On Nov 5, 2007, at 4:49 PM, Steve Lamb wrote: David Brodbeck wrote: Using vi requires you to keep track of the editor's state in your head -- you have to remember whether it's in input mode or command mode. I've never been able to do that reliably. Neither have I. However I did learn

Re: Programmers Text Editor

2007-11-06 Thread Nate Duehr
On Nov 5, 2007, at 4:10 PM, David Brodbeck wrote: I think it comes down to personal taste. I just can't get the hang of vi. I use it when I have to, but after years of using it off and on I still do things like accidentally insert 127 copies of the letter 'a' into my file. If you do

Re: Programmers Text Editor

2007-11-06 Thread Micha Feigin
On Tue, 6 Nov 2007 01:03:45 -0700 Nate Duehr [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Nov 5, 2007, at 4:49 PM, Steve Lamb wrote: David Brodbeck wrote: Using vi requires you to keep track of the editor's state in your head -- you have to remember whether it's in input mode or command mode. I've

The problem with modern hardware... (Re: Programmers Text Editor)

2007-11-06 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 11/06/07 04:53, Micha Feigin wrote: [snip] Personally I prefer emacs, but it takes longer to load and I am still looking Modern machines are so fast that the younger generations of geeks don't know the real joy of vi-users bashing emacs because

Re: Programmers Text Editor

2007-11-06 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 11/05/07 19:51, Raj Kiran Grandhi wrote: Ron Johnson wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 11/05/07 17:40, BartlebyScrivener wrote: On Nov 5, 5:30 pm, Douglas A. Tutty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, Nov 05, 2007 at

Re: Programmers Text Editor

2007-11-06 Thread Tyler Smith
On 2007-11-05, BartlebyScrivener [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have to work on both Windows and Debian, and Vim works in both places. Getting Emacs to run on Windows is a pain in the neck. It used to be that Xemacs was easier than Emacs to get running on Windows, but the new Emacs22 is supposed

RE: Programmers Text Editor

2007-11-06 Thread Emre Sevinc
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Tyler Smith Sent: Tuesday, November 06, 2007 2:41 PM To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: Programmers Text Editor On 2007-11-05, BartlebyScrivener [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have to work

Re: Programmers Text Editor

2007-11-06 Thread Pavel SRB
Richard wrote: Looking to get into programming for linux, would like to do: Java, Perl Lisp What editors (IDE or RAD) environment application would work or if needed to run 2 or 3 different editors that would be fine too. (please no: emacs or vi (or command line apps) wanting something

Re: Programmers Text Editor

2007-11-06 Thread Andrei Popescu
On Mon, Nov 05, 2007 at 03:10:50PM -0800, David Brodbeck wrote: I think it comes down to personal taste. I just can't get the hang of vi. I use it when I have to, but after years of using it off and on I still do things like accidentally insert 127 copies of the letter 'a' into my file.

Re: The problem with modern hardware... (Re: Programmers Text Editor)

2007-11-06 Thread David Brodbeck
On Nov 6, 2007, at 4:04 AM, Ron Johnson wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 11/06/07 04:53, Micha Feigin wrote: [snip] Personally I prefer emacs, but it takes longer to load and I am still looking Modern machines are so fast that the younger generations of geeks

Re: Programmers Text Editor

2007-11-06 Thread Allan Wind
On 2007-11-06T12:53:53+0200, Micha Feigin wrote: My problem is that half the time i hit f1 instead and go into help ending up saving some change or other to the help file or something else, not sure what and go into record mode, not to mansion that pasting always gives me crazy indentations.

Re: Programmers Text Editor

2007-11-06 Thread Kelly Clowers
On Nov 6, 2007 9:30 AM, Allan Wind [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 2007-11-06T12:53:53+0200, Micha Feigin wrote: My problem is that half the time i hit f1 instead and go into help ending up saving some change or other to the help file or something else, not sure what and go into record mode,

Re: Programmers Text Editor

2007-11-06 Thread BartlebyScrivener
On Nov 6, 11:30 am, Andrei Popescu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, Nov 05, 2007 at 03:10:50PM -0800, David Brodbeck wrote: Using vi requires you to keep track of the editor's state in your head -- you have to remember whether it's in input mode or command mode. I've never been able to do

Re: Programmers Text Editor

2007-11-06 Thread Raj Kiran Grandhi
Allan Wind wrote: On 2007-11-06T12:53:53+0200, Micha Feigin wrote: My problem is that half the time i hit f1 instead and go into help ending up saving some change or other to the help file or something else, not sure what and go into record mode, not to mansion that pasting always gives me

Re: Programmers Text Editor

2007-11-05 Thread Nate Bargmann
* William Pursell [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2007 Nov 05 00:59 -0600]: I guess I'm suggesting that you seriously question why you are rejecting out of hand the two best choices for development on Linux. Of course, I can't speak for the OP, but in my case it has been strictly a matter of familiarity.

Re: Programmers Text Editor

2007-11-05 Thread Pál Csányi
2007/11/5, Nate Bargmann [EMAIL PROTECTED]: * William Pursell [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2007 Nov 05 00:59 -0600]: with them. So, I have been inspired by this thread to investigate Emacs again. Try these: http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/6242 http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/5765

Re: Programmers Text Editor

2007-11-05 Thread BartlebyScrivener
On Nov 5, 6:30 am, Nate Bargmann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've begun to see the need for an editor that works with them. So, I have been inspired by this thread to investigate Emacs again. I would not dismiss Vim out of hand. http://www.debian-administration.org/polls/89 I have to work on

Re: Programmers Text Editor

2007-11-05 Thread David Brodbeck
On Nov 5, 2007, at 2:42 PM, BartlebyScrivener wrote: On Nov 5, 6:30 am, Nate Bargmann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've begun to see the need for an editor that works with them. So, I have been inspired by this thread to investigate Emacs again. I would not dismiss Vim out of hand.

Re: Programmers Text Editor

2007-11-05 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Mon, Nov 05, 2007 at 03:10:50PM -0800, David Brodbeck wrote: I think it comes down to personal taste. I just can't get the hang of vi. I use it when I have to, but after years of using it off and on I still do things like accidentally insert 127 copies of the letter 'a' into my

Re: Programmers Text Editor

2007-11-05 Thread David Brodbeck
On Nov 5, 2007, at 3:23 PM, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: My vim (not vi) tells me at the bottom of the screen. Right now it says: -- INSERT -- 13,66 All Yeah, that's the case on maybe a third of the systems I use. (For me vi is usually an

Re: Programmers Text Editor

2007-11-05 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Mon, Nov 05, 2007 at 06:23:18PM -0500, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: On Mon, Nov 05, 2007 at 03:10:50PM -0800, David Brodbeck wrote: I think it comes down to personal taste. I just can't get the hang of vi. I use it when I have to, but after years of using it off and on I still do

Re: Programmers Text Editor

2007-11-05 Thread Steve Lamb
David Brodbeck wrote: Using vi requires you to keep track of the editor's state in your head -- you have to remember whether it's in input mode or command mode. I've never been able to do that reliably. Neither have I. However I did learn early on in my vim life that ESC in insert mode

Re: Programmers Text Editor

2007-11-05 Thread Douglas A. Tutty
On Mon, Nov 05, 2007 at 03:38:18PM -0800, David Brodbeck wrote: On Nov 5, 2007, at 3:23 PM, Douglas A. Tutty wrote: My vim (not vi) tells me at the bottom of the screen. Right now it says: -- INSERT -- 13,66 All Yeah, that's the case on maybe a

Re: Programmers Text Editor

2007-11-05 Thread Nate Bargmann
* Steve Lamb [EMAIL PROTECTED] [2007 Nov 05 17:55 -0600]: David Brodbeck wrote: Using vi requires you to keep track of the editor's state in your head -- you have to remember whether it's in input mode or command mode. I've never been able to do that reliably. Neither have I.

Re: Programmers Text Editor

2007-11-05 Thread BartlebyScrivener
On Nov 5, 5:30 pm, Douglas A. Tutty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, Nov 05, 2007 at 03:10:50PM -0800, David Brodbeck wrote: Using vi requires you to keep track of the editor's state in your head -- you have to remember whether it's in input mode or command mode. I've never been able to do

Re: Programmers Text Editor

2007-11-05 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 11/05/07 17:40, BartlebyScrivener wrote: On Nov 5, 5:30 pm, Douglas A. Tutty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, Nov 05, 2007 at 03:10:50PM -0800, David Brodbeck wrote: Using vi requires you to keep track of the editor's state in your head --

Re: Programmers Text Editor

2007-11-05 Thread Raj Kiran Grandhi
Ron Johnson wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 11/05/07 17:40, BartlebyScrivener wrote: On Nov 5, 5:30 pm, Douglas A. Tutty [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, Nov 05, 2007 at 03:10:50PM -0800, David Brodbeck wrote: Using vi requires you to keep track of the editor's state

Re: Programmers Text Editor

2007-11-05 Thread Frank McCormick
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Mon, 05 Nov 2007 18:35:13 -0600 Nate Bargmann [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: BTW, I survived a few months into my first foray into MS-DOS 3.3 with edlin until someone mercifully gave me a disk with a better editor (qed?) on it. By that metric I

Re: Programmers Text Editor

2007-11-04 Thread William Pursell
Richard wrote: What editors (IDE or RAD) environment application would work or if needed to run 2 or 3 different editors that would be fine too. (please no: emacs or vi (or command line apps) wanting something that would be better than xcode on the mac, which contain all libraries, and

Programmers Text Editor

2007-11-03 Thread Richard
Looking to get into programming for linux, would like to do: Java, Perl Lisp What editors (IDE or RAD) environment application would work or if needed to run 2 or 3 different editors that would be fine too. (please no: emacs or vi (or command line apps) wanting something that would be better

Re: Programmers Text Editor

2007-11-03 Thread John Masters
On 17:02 Sat 03 Nov , Richard wrote: Looking to get into programming for linux, would like to do: Java, Perl Lisp What editors (IDE or RAD) environment application would work or if needed to run 2 or 3 different editors that would be fine too. (please no: emacs or vi (or command

Re: Programmers Text Editor

2007-11-03 Thread Kelly Clowers
On Nov 3, 2007 2:02 PM, Richard [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Looking to get into programming for linux, would like to do: Java, Perl Lisp What editors (IDE or RAD) environment application would work or if needed to run 2 or 3 different editors that would be fine too. (please no: emacs or vi

Re: Programmers Text Editor

2007-11-03 Thread Frank McCormick
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Kelly Clowers wrote: On Nov 3, 2007 2:02 PM, Richard [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Looking to get into programming for linux, would like to do: Java, Perl Lisp What editors (IDE or RAD) environment application would work or if needed to run 2 or 3

Re: Programmers Text Editor

2007-11-03 Thread Jude DaShiell
A development platform like eclipse might be just the ticket here. You can't run it in a command line environment; it's a single development environment you use, and just select what will be used to do the development and have eclipse take care of the development cycle for you as you write.

Re: Programmers Text Editor

2007-11-03 Thread Richard
On Saturday 03 November 2007 5:49:04 pm Kelly Clowers wrote: On Nov 3, 2007 2:02 PM, Richard [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Looking to get into programming for linux, would like to do: Java, Perl Lisp What editors (IDE or RAD) environment application would work or if needed to run 2 or 3

Re: Programmers Text Editor

2007-11-03 Thread Marty
Richard wrote: Looking to get into programming for linux, would like to do: Java, Perl Lisp What editors (IDE or RAD) environment application would work or if needed to run 2 or 3 different editors that would be fine too. (please no: emacs or vi (or command line apps) wanting something

Re: Programmers Text Editor

2007-11-03 Thread Eric Brooks
On Debian I think Eclipse is the best bet for Java development. It is available as a standard Debian package. I found that I like to use the Sun Java platform more than the alternatives mostly because the stuff I write has to run on a number of platforms all of which run the Sun virtual machine.