Which editor....

[litap1985]

hey guys lets have a fight over the most used things....

[deltaflyer]

prefer vim,as it reminds me of an old scouring powder my nan used to clean things(loved the smell )

andy

[budman7]

I use nano the most.
but if that is not available I will use vi.
I don't care for gui editors.

If I have to edit a file where I need to go to a specific line, I will use joe.

CLI editors are the best for me, as all I edit are config files.




is that TechieMoe I hear coming over to lock this thread that has been done to death.

[onlinebacon]

Emacs all the way...

[Weedman]

i love vim and i can use vi. vi is usefull to learn because all distros have it.

i still prefer a gui editor in which i use gedit.

i ABSOLUTELY HATE nano. it is the worst pile of crap i have ever seen or used. it looks like a rough make of DOS's EDIT.

if only i knew how to remove a line in vi....

[fingal]

Errrrr... well, I use Kate for writing anything lengthy and Vim for editing system files. I'm not a Vim expert ... I just get by with it. Has anyone tried Scite? I quite like that one.

[waltaja]

VI/VIM is all i have ever used

[josolanes]

i use nano...more than likely because that's the default within gentoo (atleast what the gentoo handbook uses) and i've been using gentoo for several months now, so i've gotten used to it

i like it, though. i've written a few ~1000 line programs within nano and am happy with how it works

[Cabhan]

I <3 vim. I mean, it makes life so easy with its quick commands and everything being close together and I love it.

For the record:

dd  <-- Delete current line and store in buffer &#40;"p" will put the line somewhere else&#41;
xG  <-- Go to line x
G   <-- Go to last line
gg  <-- Go to first line

[chopin1810]

Vi and it's varients are my favorite... it takes a while to get used to but once you are used to it it really becomes very efficient...