vi or emacs for editing Python on Linux?

[Siegmund Fuhringer]

i used emacs for a long time, but last year my little finger on the left
hand began hurting (pressing STRG/META 100 times per minute was to much)

than i switched to vim. some hours later my little finger an i loved vim
:) 

so i would recommend vim for the best of health ;)


lg sifu...

On Fri, Dec 21, 2001 at 11:25:32PM +0100, maxm wrote:
> I am a long-time Windows developer who is trying to migrate to Linux for
> several reasons. But this doesn't come naturally to me :-) And some of the
> things about Linux I really like, others are a pain. Likewise with windows.
> But all in all I want to gradually switch.
> 
> One of my biggest problems in switching is my editor. On windows I use
> Ultraedit as a general editor, and i type really fast in it. Knowing the
> shortcuts and all. Every time I boot up one of my Linux machines I have a
> hard time editing files under the arcane unix editors. I have tried both
> emacs and vim and I disklike both!
> 
> I guess it's because I have strong habbits by now, and not because the
> editors are bad.
> 
> But my point is that I figure that I have to use either editor if I want to
> switch platform. So before I commit myself to spending the days learning one
> of them thorougly (and swallow the loss in income ;-) ) I would like to know
> the strong/weak point in using either for Python.
> 
> I know this is close to religion. But are there any rational reasons to use
> one instead of the other for Python?
> 
> My understanding is that for emacs I have to use a lisp dialect to
> automate/extend it, and in vim I can use Python as an extension language of
> sort. Do I understand that correctly?
> 
> I would especially like to use my next editor on my notebook with as little
> use of the mouse as possible.
> 
> Regards Max M
> 
> 
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> 

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