Difference between revisions of "Text Editing for Coders"

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Here are some applications that may help you edit text files:

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:
-* vim -- a programmer's text editor that relies on you knowing a certain amount of arcane stuff.  Start "vimtutor" from the command line to learn how to use it.
+* 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.
+* Wikipedia articles for more information:
+** http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vi
+** http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vim_%28text_editor%29
+** http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emacs
+** http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nano_%28text_editor%29
+Aspiring coders should pick one and learn it.