[REBOL] Re: Script Editor.. I need a script editor; Notepad se
From: geza67:freestart:hu at: 27-Oct-2001 0:50
Hello Joel,
> Hi, Robert,
> My suggestion is
> http://www.vim.org/
> VIM is a platform-neutral editor (ideal for a platform-neutral
> language, IMHO ;-)
Definitely! I used ConText which is (of course :-) ) free, but a bit
sluggish (Pentium MMX 233, 96 MEG RAM) and not overly customizable to
my taste. Zeus is although (almost) free, it is very Windows-ish in its
functionality and behavior. Ultraedit is commercial, TextPad is
(AFAIK) too.
gVIM is far from the puritanity of vi: it has real GUI, you can bind
standard Windows keys if you like (Ctrl-X, -V etc.), supports wheel
mouse, has incredible customizability and automation support (its
numeric parametrizable movement/modification commands are charm).
Syntax coloring works, too. You can make 'folds' i.e. outline view
with several methods :manual, indentation-dependant, markers or
cleverly assembled own regex.
EMACS is BIG ! gVIM 6.0 exe is just above 1 meg, EMACS is over 4 megs,
not to say about the whole installation (9 megs versus 70 megs ! ,
although both can be further slimmed).
Just to mention: Vim won this year's Linux Journal Readers' Awards
(hands down) in the editor category (in the development environment
category EMACS was the champion).
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Best regards,
Geza Lakner MD mailto:[geza67--freestart--hu]
