On Sun, Aug 10, 2008 at 6:19 PM, Nifty Cluster Mitch <niftycluster at niftyegg.com> wrote: > On Sun, Aug 10, 2008 at 05:04:16PM -0500, Lanny Marcus wrote: >> I downloaded the .pdf version of "Thinking in C++" and I've >> begun to read that and I did >> yum groupinstall 'Development Tools' I'm a Newbie Desktop >> user, jumping into the deep end of the pool. 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? An easy learning curve is strongly preferred, >> but, I am 100% aware of the advantages of vi. Recommendations? >> TIA! > gvim > There is almost no pain if you stick with gvim (vim). > The help is full of helpfull stuff, the mouse works, > syntax and keyword aware.... gvim sounds interesting. Thanks! I tried to install it, but it's not in rpmforge. Is it in another yum repository? > You might also look at Eclipse. First time I've heard of that one.