On Wed, Mar 11, 2009 at 1:18 AM, Forrest W Christian w= rote: > William "Chops" Westfield wrote: >> >> =A0 Gimme emacs (basically compatible versions on ITS, >> TOPS20, TOPS20, VMS, UNIX, CPM, MSDOS, macos, windows, etc, etc) =A0(to >> be fair, other editors have also reached that degree of penetration, >> and even the default GUI "editable text panel" isn't AWFUL any more.) >> > Yes, we could definitely turn this into a vi versus emacs war =A0:)... > > My favorite editor is actually vi. =A0 Or more accurately vim with syntax > highlighting enabled. =A0 People love to complain about vi, but as a > programmer I am significantly more productive editing-wise in vi than > any other editor. =A0 Too much reaching for the mouse with everything > else, plus it is just incredible what you can do in vi with just a few > keystrokes. > > That said, I typically *do* end up using the built in editor in most > development environments, just because the lost productivity with using > an editor that isn't vi isn't enough to justify extracting the editor > out of the make environment (including error highlighting). =A0 But if > there isn't any good reason to use the IDE, I almost always reach for vi. No wai dooood, all t3h c00l ppl program by editing binary directly with a parallel toggle switch plate with latch button. -- = http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist