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. > >Depends on whose intuition you're talking about 8^) Heh :) All editors have their own key-commands... vi's just all happen to be within reach rather than having to do CTRL-ALT-PGDN or something :) >> 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. > >Well, it won't get any easier to make that time, and you will find that >you end up limping along for years with a sub-par editor, making do. >Also, I'd recommend the very thin book from O'Reilly. If you're going >to have anything serious to do with UNIX, learning vi at a reasonable >level is almost mandatory. He makes a really good point... several of my friends (even my mac-only designer friend) have asked about it and complained it's too hard... I just tell them to go through the tutorial that comes with it and then use it for *everything* all the time... that way you learn it well. If you can't do something figure it out then and there... otherwise you'll always hate it (same goes for emacs I'm sure). My wife used to hate vim and swore by pico, but eventually she started using vim... now she can't figure out how she ever lived without it. And if you are ever going to do things on unix, one of these days you'll find yourself connected via telnet/serial line/dumb terminal (ie 80x24 ascii only) needing to do something and the only editor available will be vi... definately no homesite...