On Sun, Aug 10, 2008 at 9:07 PM, Vaclav Mocek <little.owl at email.cz> wrote: > 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! <snip> > I suggest to install Eclipse and CDT plugin and you get a full IDE > http://www.eclipse.org/cdt/ I will look at Eclipse, but one of my goals is to be able to fix problems on a remote box and that will probably require vi.