Re: [Sheflug] Favourite editor

[Bob Holland <bobholland [at] xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Thursday 21 April 2005 14:45, Mark Wrangham wrote:

> I can recommend sticking with vim and GVIM.  There is a learning curve,
> but it's well worth taking the time to learn how to use vim as it is a
> very powerful and versitile editor that you will find on almost any unix
> box.  There's also a version of GVIM for Windows so you can use the same
> editor on all your computers.  This is the biggest plus point for me -
> because I use it anywhere I don't have to think. I can use the same
> commands when editing a file in GVIM on WinXP as I do when  I'm editing
> a file on the webserver using a terminal version of vi..

Agree with these arguments,  but I use emacs for all the same reasons + RMS 
also signed my emacs book when he was here so I'm hardly going to say 
otherwise :-)  There are emacs 'modes' for php. Learn either of these - then 
keep learning what it will do for you as you become more proficient - a new 
command every day etc.

HTH
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Robert E B Holland CEng FIEE
Bradwell IT Solutions Ltd
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