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[John Lacey]

ok, another 2 cents from me  again (I'm working up to a nickel) -- in 
addition to Arachnophilia (cross platform), I've used Bluefish and 
Quanta which are both "homesitish" as I'm sure you've heard.

So far as vi/vim is concerned, I use a really short 'subset' of 
functions when working remotely via ssh (I use putty on windows).  I'm 
not keen on developing with vi/vim (although I use vim for windows for 
quick file reading and occasional editing).  Of course, the "esc" key to 
get back into command mode and the "i" key to get into insert mode -- 
":wq" to write and exit, ":q!" to exit without writing when I've made a 
changes I want to ignore, and every once in a while "/" for searching.  
That's it -- otherwise it's all GUI.

John


David Mintz wrote:

>Can't resist putting my belated $.02 into this religious thread.
>
>On Windoze I've long used Homesite, but there's a tendency to stay with
>the first reasonable tool you learn to use. Maybe something else is
>better. But anything with a tough learning curve is a buzzkiller when
>you're busy. That's what's slowing me down with adopting vim on Linux.  A
>good GUI is great but it's nice to be handy with a nonGUI editor for when
>you SSH into a machine where you don't have the luxury of X. So I keep
>trying.
>
>Meanwhile I've been playing with eclipse on both platforms -- yes it has a
>learning curve too, but it's got a lot of cool stuff going for it, and
>it's free.  http://eclipse.org
>
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