Difference between revisions of "Text Editing for Coders"

Latest revision as of 10:45, 21 January 2006

Here are some text editors that are currently in common use at Free Geek:

vim -- a programmer's text editor that relies on you knowing a certain amount of arcane stuff. This editor is one of the variants of vi. Start "vimtutor" from the command line to learn how to use it.
nano -- probably one of the easiest to use for people new to editing text files under linux.
emacs -- a programmer's text editor with tons of features. Start it and type "Control-h t" to learn how to use it.

There's an ongoing religious war between vim and emacs users.

Aspiring coders should pick one and learn it.

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-Here are some applications that may help you edit text files:
+Here are some text editors that are currently in common use at Free Geek:
-* vim -- a programmer's text editor that relies on you knowing a certain amount of arcane stuff
+* vim -- a programmer's text editor that relies on you knowing a certain amount of arcane stuff. This editor is one of the variants of vi. Start "vimtutor" from the command line to learn how to use it.
-* nano -- probably one of the easiest to use for people new to editing text files under linux
+* nano -- probably one of the easiest to use for people new to editing text files under linux.
-* emacs -- a programmer's text editor with tons of features
+* emacs -- a programmer's text editor with tons of features.  Start it and type "''Control-'''''h t'''" to learn how to use it.
 There's an ongoing religious war between vim and emacs users.
+* Wikipedia articles for more information:
+** [[:Wikipedia:Vi|Vi]]
+** [[:Wikipedia:Vim (text editor)|Vim]]
+** [[:Wikipedia:Emacs|Emacs]]
+** [[:Wikipedia:Nano (text editor)|Nano]]
+Aspiring coders should pick one and learn it.
+[[Category: Coders]]