Re: [Sheflug] Perl Tutorial

[Richard Ibbotson <richard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

From:   "Geoff Schrecker" <geoff.schrecker@xxxxxxxxx>


On Jan 30, 2008 9:09 PM, Chris Austen <slug@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 30/01/2008, John Beaumont <john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > I really don't like VIM/VI. It has a very steep learning curve. 
Anything
> > that needs a command reference blu-tacked to your wall can't be 
good.
> > Nano is the obvious and sensible replacement for sane people. (I 
know
> > the old school among us will flame me for this!)
>
> Not so much - but there's a *huge* difference in power between nano
> and vi (or emacs). It's hard to really contemplate using an editor
> which proclaims "copy text without cutting" as a major new feature 
for
> 2.0.
>
> Regards
> Chris
>

First, apologies if I've started a minor bush fire.

One of the neat things in the dzsoft Perl editor in the tutorial is
the ability to test run your script from within the editor. I have
Emacs on my mac and have used Vim under Ubuntu, both are good text
editors with syntax highlighting, but I couldn't find a way to test
the scripts in this way. I guess there may not be anything similar as
I have failed to turn it up with Google.


Cheers Geoff

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