RE: [newbie] Need advise on text editors for programming

2002-12-17 Thread Richard Urwin
] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Adolfo Bello Sent: 16 December 2002 18:42 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [linux] [newbie] Need advise on text editors for programming I am really new to Linux (less than 3 months) and want to start doing all my web programming under Mandrake 9

[newbie] Need advise on text editors for programming

2002-12-16 Thread Adolfo Bello
I am really new to Linux (less than 3 months) and want to start doing all my web programming under Mandrake 9. What are the best text editors? I would really like something with regexp, syntax color, automatic indenting, able to open several files at once. Either graphic or text based. Now

Re: [newbie] Need advise on text editors for programming

2002-12-16 Thread villoing
Vi is not so limited... You can try emacs but I'm not very satisfied with the php-mode, particularly when I write scripts in a .html file... I use now bluefish. The gui is very nice and there are a lot of functions to manage web programming. Adolfo Bello wrote: I am really new to Linux (less

Re: [newbie] Need advise on text editors for programming

2002-12-16 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Tue, 2002-12-17 at 05:42, Adolfo Bello wrote: I am really new to Linux (less than 3 months) and want to start doing all my web programming under Mandrake 9. What are the best text editors? I would really like something with regexp, syntax color, automatic indenting, able to open several

Re: [newbie] Need advise on text editors for programming

2002-12-16 Thread Aaron Mehl
There are lots of text editors on linux but the two main ones are vim and emacs. both have a bit of a learning curve both do all that you ask, and as to which is better is a dangerous question to answer. I have tried emacs and after much persistance I finally learned vim well enough to call it

Re: [newbie] Need advise on text editors for programming

2002-12-16 Thread FemmeFatale
At 02:42 PM 12/16/2002 -0400, you wrote: I am really new to Linux (less than 3 months) and want to start doing all my web programming under Mandrake 9. What are the best text editors? I would really like something with regexp, syntax color, automatic indenting, able to open several files at

Re: [newbie] Need advise on text editors for programming

2002-12-16 Thread Ralph Slooten
I use SciTE for almost everything. I haven't heard too much about it in and about, but it's been there for quite a while now and supports all the things you mentioned. Mandrake doesn't distribute the files, and I haven't found any Mandrake RPM's around, so I made my own. It looks like a simple

RE: [newbie] Need advise on text editors for programming

2002-12-16 Thread Franki
Of Stephen Kuhn Sent: Tuesday, 17 December 2002 2:48 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Need advise on text editors for programming On Tue, 2002-12-17 at 05:42, Adolfo Bello wrote: I am really new to Linux (less than 3 months) and want to start doing all my web programming under

RE: [newbie] Need advise on text editors for programming

2002-12-16 Thread Adolfo Bello
Well, I will try most of your recommendations. I really appreciate your support. Thanks a lot. Adolfo Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Need advise on text editors for programming

2002-12-16 Thread Roberto Armenteros
VIM is just great once you get use to it. --- Aaron Mehl [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There are lots of text editors on linux but the two main ones are vim and emacs. both have a bit of a learning curve both do all that you ask, and as to which is better is a dangerous question to answer. I

Re: [newbie] Need advise on text editors for programming

2002-12-16 Thread Michel Clasquin
On Monday 16 December 2002 20:42, Adolfo Bello wrote: What are the best text editors? Them's fighting words around here, pardner But try nedit. I practically always have one open, either as a cut 'n paste scratchpad or writing shell scripts. It has everything you asked for plus keystroke

Re: [newbie] Need advise on text editors for programming

2002-12-16 Thread Andrei Raevsky
Nedit is probably the best choice. But I would reccommend getting at least a working exposure to vi or vim which you will find on ANY linux distro. Cheers! Andrei __ Linux-Mandrake 9 (Dolphin) Mandrake Club Silver Member Registered Linux user: