Re: Utilities?

Heh... that's easier said than done :) I tried learning vi a while back when i had linux on a box at home, and I got quite frustrated with the naturally counter-intuitive interface. I think for now I will stick to homesite, which colorcodes things for me :) Right now youre probably grumbling something about me being a stupid newbie and not knowing whats best for me... well, I'm sorry. I'll save vi for a later date when I will arm myself with a fat reference book, and hours of free time. Thanks for your help, I do see your point about not missing the details, so I will stop my pursuit of a "slick editor." But for now color coded text and a friendly windows interface is what im sticking with... Thanks a lot for your help, Ed ""Kevin Beckford"" <kbeckford@bigorbit.com> wrote in message news:038001bfe6c1$f3e10430$4201a8c0@mercurypdc... > > > > Allright, I am admitedly a newbie, and I make stupid mistakes because im > > having a hard time writing the code as it is. (stupid mistakes like leaving > > off semicolons or not escaping out quotes) > > so my question is: is there some editor for windows that would catch such > > stupid mistakes? > > Sure - Use vim. The mistakes that you are making are very important later on - > a fancy editor will just allow you not to concentrate on the details, which is > a thing that will always haunt you. Vim is brutal to learn, but using it will > teach you to pay attention to little details. Best to make those type of > mistakes now, formulate a strategy to ensure that you do not make them > (indenting style, variable naming style, etc) as opposed to having some slick > editor hide that from you... > > > > -- > PHP General Mailing List (http://www.php.net/) > To unsubscribe, e-mail: php-general-unsubscribe@lists.php.net > For additional commands, e-mail: php-general-help@lists.php.net > To contact the list administrators, e-mail: php-list-admin@lists.php.net >