I'll have to go with KDE, Bash, and well pico/nano (yup I said it!)
manalang
· 1 year ago
Pico/nano... you're kidding me. You might as well be a Notepad user.
manalang
· 1 year ago
Oh... and for the record... gnome and bash for me.
jpiwowar
· 1 year ago
Woohoo, flamebait for a Wednesday morning! ;-)
Nothing beats vi for quick editing (except maybe a perl one-liner in some cases). I haven't used emacs regularly in over 10 years, but when i've been forced to use it, I've found that I can still be in and out of a couple of files with vi in the time it takes emacs to *start*.
I'll admit to being a happy Textmate user, though. I like interface for grouping files into projects, and the robust collection of built-in shortcuts/hotkeys, particularly if I have to resort to hand-coded HTML. Sure, it's "not-free"-ware, but it's a quality app, and I'm not against paying for quality. :-)
manalang
· 1 year ago
I actually like Textmate but hate that it's only on a Mac. I switch between linux and mac a lot and would prefer to have the same editor on both. Otherwise, I'd be a happy Textmate user myself.
Jake
· 1 year ago
How about Coke vs. Pepsi?
Not that I use either very much anymore, but when I did, I always liked vi more b/c I felt like a keyboard rockstar using it, like using SQL*Plus over TOAD. Emacs and pico were too user-friendly.
Interesting thread though. I think the real reason tools like vi and CLI in general are preferred by most geeks is that they're inaccessible to n00bs. There's a flamebait post in there somewhere.
Lori M Olson
· 1 year ago
My husband is a sysadmin, and I am a developer. We re-enact the Vi vs Emacs war every time we get a new server.
Jake
· 1 year ago
Who wins?
Lori M Olson
· 1 year ago
We both do, I guess. Vi comes pre-installed, but every time I log in to a new machine, and try to do something simple like edit my .profile, I yell loudly if emacs isn't there... so he has to install it for me ;-)
Jake
· 1 year ago
So, I guess the lesson is that everybody wins if you have choices.
ontarioemperor
· 1 year ago
I used ed back in the day, so I guess that puts me in the vi camp. :)
megbear
· 1 year ago
:1, $ s/emacs/vi
at least I *think* I remember a useful skill or two.
I will still occasionally jump into a linux SQL*Plus session and rant about I can get the job done before TOAD/SQL Navigator has even loaded (the reality is, since my hard drive was replaced a few months ago, I never installed them).
Jake
· 1 year ago
There's a lot to be said for lightweight tools that are fast and just work. Vi can be a chore though, but one worth doing/learning
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Nothing beats vi for quick editing (except maybe a perl one-liner in some cases). I haven't used emacs regularly in over 10 years, but when i've been forced to use it, I've found that I can still be in and out of a couple of files with vi in the time it takes emacs to *start*.
I'll admit to being a happy Textmate user, though. I like interface for grouping files into projects, and the robust collection of built-in shortcuts/hotkeys, particularly if I have to resort to hand-coded HTML. Sure, it's "not-free"-ware, but it's a quality app, and I'm not against paying for quality. :-)
Not that I use either very much anymore, but when I did, I always liked vi more b/c I felt like a keyboard rockstar using it, like using SQL*Plus over TOAD. Emacs and pico were too user-friendly.
Interesting thread though. I think the real reason tools like vi and CLI in general are preferred by most geeks is that they're inaccessible to n00bs. There's a flamebait post in there somewhere.
at least I *think* I remember a useful skill or two.
You can find out all about how I learned vi here (http://talentedapps.wordpress.com/2008/06/19/fi...)
;-)