[nzlug] [Wildly OT] Cross Platform editors (Was: Network Admin position at Zeald.com)

[Warren Boyd]

>> On 8/2/06, Cliff Pratt <enkidu at cliffp.com> wrote:
>>> Jonathon Sim wrote:
>>>> Exactly.  Vim is rubbish - it barely has any built-in games and
>>>> you cant even check your email or browse the web with it ;-)
>>>> But at least its better than notepad - when hiring developers I
>>>> always ask them what text editor they use and a surprising number
>>>> use notepad(you cant even download third-party games for notepad!)
>>>>
>>> Really?
>>>
>>> notepad.exe noughtsand crosses.txt
>>> Guess what's in noughtsand crosses.txt?
>>>
>> <sacasm>No argument. Notepad is best. I mean, it's made by Microsoft,
>> a company whose software is used more than any Software house's
>> software</sacasm>
>>
>> Given that notepad is just a replacement for edit.exe, nano isn't
>> going to be a stretch when trying to move users away from crap.
>>
>
> And when i am in that other OS i have 'Notetab Light' running beside
> NVu when Dreamweaver isn't available. Damned NVu is really bad at
> corrupting hand coded pages.
>
> Well the topic was going way off anyway.

Just to aid in the off topic-ness ... there's always eclipse which is  
cross platform - it's a 'full' IDE and you can get a vi plugin for  
it ... there's quite possibly "games" plugins as well ...

Other than that, I have vim installed on all my OS'es that currently  
run (or a variant thereof)...

Emacs I did try a number of years ago ... and I still awake  
screaming ...

/me dons flame proof suit.

Night all,
Warren.