Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!aioe.org!news.stack.nl!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed6.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!newsgate.cistron.nl!newsgate.news.xs4all.nl!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.001 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 1.00; '*S*': 0.00; 'needed,': 0.05; 'here?': 0.09; 'lawrence': 0.09; 'cc:addr:python-list': 0.10; 'thread': 0.11; '-tkc': 0.16; 'emacs,': 0.16; 'finney': 0.16; 'flavors': 0.16; 'from:addr:python.list': 0.16; 'from:addr:tim.thechases.com': 0.16; 'from:name:tim chase': 0.16; 'message-id:@tim.thechases.com': 0.16; 'presume': 0.16; 'received:70.251': 0.16; 'received:dsl.rcsntx.swbell.net': 0.16; 'received:rcsntx.swbell.net': 0.16; 'received:swbell.net': 0.16; 'subject:Text': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.17; 'tim': 0.18; 'fairly': 0.21; "i'd": 0.22; 'cc:2**0': 0.23; "i've": 0.23; 'cc:no real name:2**0': 0.24; 'least': 0.25; 'cc:addr:python.org': 0.25; 'header:In-Reply-To:1': 0.25; 'header:User-Agent:1': 0.26; '[1]': 0.27; 'experiences': 0.27; 'chase': 0.29; 'editors': 0.29; 'writes:': 0.29; 'url:download': 0.29; "i'm": 0.29; 'expect': 0.31; 'point': 0.31; 'sources': 0.32; 'text': 0.34; 'ben': 0.35; "won't": 0.35; 'url:org': 0.36; 'being': 0.37; 'far': 0.37; 'subject:: ': 0.38; 'mark': 0.38; 'days': 0.60; 'personally': 0.61; 'more': 0.63; 'received:50.22': 0.84; 'reminds': 0.84; 'to:addr:yahoo.co.uk': 0.84 Date: Sun, 29 Jul 2012 06:47:25 -0500 From: Tim Chase User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.9.2.24) Gecko/20111120 Icedove/3.1.16 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Mark Lawrence Subject: Re: OT: Text editors References: <87pq7fqhlh.fsf@benfinney.id.au> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - boston.accountservergroup.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - python.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - tim.thechases.com X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: Cc: python-list@python.org X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 24 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1343562375 news.xs4all.nl 6898 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:55684 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:26180 On 07/29/12 05:28, Mark Lawrence wrote: > On 29/07/2012 06:08, Ben Finney wrote: >> Tim Chase writes: >> Learn one of Emacs or Vim well, and you won't need to worry >> about text editors again. > > Point taken, snag being I've never used any nix box in anger. > This thread reminds of the good 'ole days when I were a lad using > TPU on VMS. Have we got any VMS aficionados here? Though I'm personally far more vitriolic about VMS vs $OS (had a few souring experiences with VMS in college) than I am regarding Vim vs. Emacs, you can get Vim for at least OpenVMS: http://www.vim.org/download.php#others I presume sources compile fairly well on other flavors of VMS if needed, and I'd expect Emacs can do likewise[1] -tkc [1] http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/EmacsOnVMS