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Prev-Msg Prev-Thread Openbsd-misc May-2008 Next-Thread Next-Msg Subject: Re: Editing C with... Group: Openbsd-misc From: Denny White Date: 4 May 2008 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Quoted from Girish Venkatachalam on Sun, May 04, 2008 at 04:18:10AM +0530,: > On 13:51:58 May 03, Robert C Wittig wrote: > > > vi/vim. > > > > I use it for most of my editing tasks, not just writing C code. > > I use vim since it enhances my coding speed in a big way. > > As to KNF I guess it is just a habit that I want to inculcate for all my > C coding. Right now it is voluntary and occasionally painful but I don't > want to lose the chance to make it automatic by going in for a tool. > > I am bowled over by vim's knowledge of config file syntax and the way it > highlights various keywords. That way I can afford to be a bit lazy with > certain programming languages or even config file directives. It would > highlight typos in a different color. > > Occasionally vim does go wrong however but so far it has not affected > me. > > I type out this mail with vim and it helps me appear good since I have > auto spell check on. With bad keyboards I tend to make silly typos and > vim can save my day by highlighting it and alerting me. > > Of course I would not be so much in love with vim but for its vi key > bindings. > > As to power editing you should really read the short and sweet document > written by the author of vim Bram Moolenaar. > > (If someone can locate it for me I shall be obliged. ;) > > He emphasizes how the steep learning curve experienced by vi learners > are paid back in full in due course of time. I can vouch for it. So what > if it is counter intuitive in the beginning? > > So what if it is sometimes tougher than emacs? Once you use it every time > you create a document be it LaTeX or e-mail or source code or config > file editing, you stick to one editor and that according to me is an > amazing convenience. > > Its ability to read and write files makes it even more powerful of > course. And the output of commands. > > Hope this helps. That said choice is yours as always. ;) > > Open source is a democratic world. ;) > > -Girish > You might check here for the article you spoke of: http://www.moolenaar.net/vim.html Denny White - -- I'm not crazy, but I am a carrier. All messages scanned by ClamAssassin http://jameslick.com/clamassassin/ =============================================================== GnuPG key : 0x1644E79A | http://wwwkeys.nl.pgp.net Fingerprint: D0A9 AD44 1F10 E09E 0E67 EC25 CB44 F2E5 1644 E79A =============================================================== iD8DBQFIHjScy0Ty5RZE55oRAqyGAKC7Kgc+nxmGSeMxFA8VjOAtyd8QrQCbBH3F 0PTq1AERdEu/H0UIWNoNCEg= =j4xN -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- Prev-Msg Prev-Thread Openbsd-misc May-2008 Next-Thread Next-Msg

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