On Sun, Aug 10, 2008 at 5:40 PM, Akemi Yagi <amyagi at gmail.com> wrote: > On Sun, Aug 10, 2008 at 3:11 PM, Frank Cox <theatre at sasktel.net> wrote: >> On Sun, 10 Aug 2008 17:04:16 -0500 >> Lanny Marcus <lmmailinglists at gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Should I try to learn >>> vi (Vim) (which obviously will help me, if I ever need to >>> administer a remote box) or install Emacs or something else, >>> for the gcc editor? >> >> That's the sort of question where, if you ask ten people for their opinion, you >> will get sixteen different answers. At least. >> >> I personally use either vi or nedit, depending on what the current >> environment is and what I'm trying to accomplish. > > OK, I'm the second of the sixteen answers. I use vi and elvis (GUI > editor 100% compatible with vi). I highly recommend you learn vi. > You will never regret :-D Akemi: I think by the time I finished the question yesterday, I answered my own question. I am going to learn how to use vi (actually, vim). This is the first time I have heard of the elvis editor. As you wrote, I will not regret learning vi and the other editors might not be available in a remote box. Lanny