Downloaded VIM yesterday ...

[sasguru]

... as my Python editor of choice and glad to say after a gap of 20 years (when I used vi on UNIX) , got into the swing straight away.

Its like riding a bike, you never forget.

PS This Python language is quite easy too. No wonder developer rates have fallen and there are so many cretins on the board doing development. It's much easier nowadays than it used to be.

[doodab]

It is a lot more powerful than the vi of your youth.

[stek]

It is a lot more powerful than the vi of your youth.

Aye but is it statically linked? The old Unix mantra, can you run it on the console as single user with just / mounted?

[AtW]

sasguru is a programmer now - first time ever I heard anything remotely technical from him

[OwlHoot]

I much prefer emacs; but, curiously, I haven't used that for nearly 20 years either.

vi is the crankiest, most archaic editor ever. But as it's everywhere, and emacs isn't, one gets used to it.

Sort of like being chained up in a damp dripping rat-infested dungeon - After a few years, you stop noticing the discomfort and lack of amenities.

[doodab]

vi is the crankiest, most archaic editor ever. But as it's everywhere, and emacs isn't, one gets used to it.

That would be "ed" IMO.

I never got on with emacs, I suppose because I learned vi first.

[stek]

I much prefer emacs; but, curiously, I haven't used that for nearly 20 years either.

vi is the crankiest, most archaic editor ever. But as it's everywhere, and emacs isn't, one gets used to it.

Sort of like being chained up in a damp dripping rat-infested dungeon - After a few years, you stop noticing the discomfort and lack of amenities.

True - it what you're used to. There's loads of nice editors about now, such as Pico, but because I've been through the vi lifecycle, hating it, embracing it, loving it I still use it...

:wq!

[sasguru]

sasguru is a programmer now - first time ever I heard anything remotely technical from him

I've forgotten more languages than you've programmed in:

Lisp, Prolog, Pop-11, C, Java, SAS, R not counting the scripting languages like VBA, Lotusscript, Javascript etc.

HTH, you mediocre blinkered fool.

[russell]

Vim is quite powerful once you get a decent .vimrc cooked up. I used it for C development along with GCC/GGD and valgrind. However Visual Studio 2010 with Resharper 5.0 is the tops for development.

[Sysman]

If you want to do some fancy stuff Vimcasts - free screencasts about the text editor Vim