on 8-11-2008 9:06 AM Lanny Marcus spake the following: > On Sun, Aug 10, 2008 at 9:07 PM, Vaclav Mocek <little.owl-PkL3B3/Gfv0 at public.gmane.org> 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. Then you shouldn't go wrong, because I have yet to be on a linux box or a bsd box that didn't have some form or emulation of vi installed. -- MailScanner is like deodorant... You hope everybody uses it, and you notice quickly if they don't!!!! -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 250 bytes Desc: OpenPGP digital signature URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20080811/e9800fe3/attachment-0005.sig>