I absolutely hate AE. Come on folks, can we please join the rest of the human race in the 21st century? The eighties are over. Even back then I felt the old Jet editor was better than ED/AE.
Now, in the 21st century, I use the UniDebugger exclusively for both coding and data fixes. The color coding of the source makes it visually pleasing. The cut and paste, drag and drop, etc. make it a great productivity increasing tool. Best of all it's free! Or at least it comes with the DB license. Gordon J. Glorfield Sr. Applications Developer MAMSI (A UnitedHealth Company) 301-360-8839 > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Warren, Phil > Sent: Thursday, September 23, 2004 3:24 PM > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > Subject: RE: [U2] Comparison Unidata and Universe > > > As a system administrator, my choice is to use vi for my > UNIX/AIX duties, but I find it's quite a useful tool for > program editing too. In fact, I'm the only one in our shop > that uses vi on a regular basis. I still can't figure out > why the remainder of our programming staff use AE. I agree > it has it's place for some tasks, but for day to day editing, > I find vi easy to use, and it didn't take too long to get > used to, when I learned it years ago. The best part is that > you'll find it on most flavors of UNIX boxes, and the basic > commands stay the same. -Phil- > > -----Original Message----- > From: Louis Guillaume [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 2004 7:52 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [U2] Comparison Unidata and Universe > > > Adrian Matthews wrote: > > Does anyone actually use the editor for cutting code these days > > though? > > > > Absolutely! From what I've seen, most folks who take the time > to learn > vi will never go back. > > The only thing AE is good for is macro-fixing savedlists of records, > IMHO. It really astonishes me that folks continue to use AE > for editing > programs where you can really only look at one line at a time. > > > I've been using full screen GUI editors for years now. I think I'd > > pull my hair out going back. > > GUI editors generally lack many of the vi features: use of regular > expressions, superior cut and paste, multiple cut/paste buffers, the > ability to read the output of external commands into the file, the > ability to employ Unix shell utilities (like sed or awk) to edit the > file etc etc. > > The only GUI editor I'd use for programming is vim! It is absolutely > worth it to learn vi or vim for editing in UniData (and, I'm sure > UniVerse too). If you're on Windows, there's Vim for Windows. > > I don't know much about UniVerse, but I can't imagine that an editor > should make any difference as most editors should be > available to either > platform. On UniData just set the variable > UDT_EDIT=/usr/local/bin/vim > (or whatever your editor is) and voila. > > -- Louis > ------- > u2-users mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ > ------- > u2-users mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ > This e-mail, including attachments, may include confidential and/or proprietary information, and may be used only by the person or entity to which it is addressed. If the reader of this e-mail is not the intended recipient or his or her authorized agent, the reader is hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail is prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender by replying to this message and delete this e-mail immediately. ------- u2-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
