Re: [tlug] TLUG, not TLPG

[Josh Glover <tlug@example.com>]

Quoth Lyle (Hiroshi) Saxon (Sat 2004-02-21 07:51:25PM +0900):

> Even though... as I write this, I'm thinking "I've got to find a decent
> text editor in Linux... I can't be writing only with OpnOf Writer...".
> 
> I know there are several good text editors for Linux - can someone point 
> out one... say Bluefish maybe?

Open Office is *not* a text editor, in the truest sense of the work. It is
a WYSIWYG (and WYSIAYG) document editor. A text editor is one that edits
plain text, embedding no markup codes. A text editor can be used to edit
code, HTML, notes to self, email (I am composing this very email in Vim, a
popular text editor).

In the Unix world, there are really only two text editors: Emacs and vi.
If you want a text editor, pick one and learn it. You will find that the
popularity of both editors means that they are stable, well-documented,
and have plenty of plugins for doing whatever you need to do.

I personally use XEmacs for my coding and Vim (vi iMproved) for editing
config files (and composing emails, but that is just because I don't want
to mess with forwarding X to my headless mailserver).


-- 
Josh Glover

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