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Re: OT: Text editors

Date 2012-07-29 06:47 -0500
From Tim Chase <python.list@tim.thechases.com>
Subject Re: OT: Text editors
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On 07/29/12 05:28, Mark Lawrence wrote:
> On 29/07/2012 06:08, Ben Finney wrote:
>> Tim Chase <python.list@tim.thechases.com> 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

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Re: OT: Text editors (was Re: Search and replace text in XML file?) Tim Chase <python.list@tim.thechases.com> - 2012-07-28 13:29 -0500
  Re: OT: Text editors Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2012-07-29 15:08 +1000
    Re: OT: Text editors rusi <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2012-07-28 22:36 -0700
      Re: OT: Text editors Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2012-07-29 18:24 +1000
      Re: OT: Text editors Arnaud Delobelle <arnodel@gmail.com> - 2012-07-29 15:24 +0100
    Re: OT: Text editors Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-07-29 11:28 +0100
      Re: OT: Text editors Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2012-07-29 21:41 +0000
    Re: OT: Text editors Tim Chase <python.list@tim.thechases.com> - 2012-07-29 06:47 -0500
      Re: OT: Text editors Robert Marshall <spam@capuchin.co.uk> - 2012-07-29 14:36 +0100
        Re: OT: Text editors Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2012-07-29 15:15 +0100
        Re: OT: Text editors MRAB <python@mrabarnett.plus.com> - 2012-07-29 17:22 +0100
    Re: OT: Text editors Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2012-07-29 13:44 -0400

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