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Poll: What is your primary editor?

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Re: Poll: What is your primary editor?

#33

To my fellow Vim users out there, I would like to ask why you use Vim? For me, Vim is what my mentor was using so it's what I picked up. It's command-line oriented which is a huge win for me, and it's available everywhere (Mac includes it by default), and I haven't hit a roadblock that's been painful enough to get me to sincerely investigate other editors. What has led you to continue using your editor of choice?

Ubiquity, elegance and efficiency. I've been writing a series of blog posts on Vim that you may find interesting. http://danthedev.com/vim-part-1-why/

Re: Poll: What is your primary editor?

#37

To my fellow Vim users out there, I would like to ask why you use Vim? For me, Vim is what my mentor was using so it's what I picked up. It's command-line oriented which is a huge win for me, and it's available everywhere (Mac includes it by default), and I haven't hit a roadblock that's been painful enough to get me to sincerely investigate other editors. What has led you to continue using your editor of choice?

I used to use Vim as just another editor until I understood the importance of modes (through Drew Neil's Practical Vim[1]). He explained how the various modes allowed the programmer to, while at work, go through the same motions a master painter (a profession I deeply respect). I was sold, and now I see myself as a painter more than a programmer. Sometimes you need these stories, not extra features, to prefer a tool over several others.

[1]: https://pragprog.com/book/dnvim/practical-vim

Re: Poll: What is your primary editor?

#39
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Needs a VisualStudio option?!

It's an IDE and this was about editors (or so I thought). Some the editors in the poll such as emacs can support basic IDE development (at least a debugger with watches and stepping), but I'm assuming those of us who develop in an IDE should vote for what editor we use for text editing and other general work.

Well, Eclipse, Netbeans, and XCode are all IDEs... soo...

Re: Poll: What is your primary editor?

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Needs a VisualStudio option?!

It's an IDE and this was about editors (or so I thought). Some the editors in the poll such as emacs can support basic IDE development (at least a debugger with watches and stepping), but I'm assuming those of us who develop in an IDE should vote for what editor we use for text editing and other general work.

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