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Re: Poll: Which is your primary text editor?

#103

For the pure editing of text, Vim is the clear winner. Whether that's all you want, is another question.

If only working with multiple files was easier... what are you guys using these days ?

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Also, one thing that shows how Vim is oriented towards opening and closing it all time is that preventing acidental quitting is quite hard to achieve (only with hacks..)

Re: Poll: Which is your primary text editor?

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post #103

For the pure editing of text, Vim is the clear winner. Whether that's all you want, is another question.

If only working with multiple files was easier... what are you guys using these days ? [edit] Also, one thing that shows how Vim is oriented towards opening and closing it all time is that preventing acidental quitting is quite hard to achieve (only with hacks..)

:bn [buffer next] :bp [buffer previous]

:bn is mapped to backslash on my installation.

:b for a list of all open files where you can pick the one you want to switch to. Mapped to ",." on my machine.

vim might have its problems. But buffer switching isn't one, for me.

Re: Poll: Which is your primary text editor?

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post #107
post #103

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If only working with multiple files was easier... what are you guys using these days ? [edit] Also, one thing that shows how Vim is oriented towards opening and closing it all time is that preventing acidental quitting is quite hard to achieve (only with hacks..)

:bn [buffer next] :bp [buffer previous] :bn is mapped to backslash on my installation. :b for a list of all open files where you can pick the one you want to switch to. Mapped to ",." on my machine. vim might have its problems. But buffer switching isn't one, for me.

How could anyone use :bn and :bp? Its 4 keypresses!! :) Contrast with ctrl-tab.
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