Best Python Editor (under Linux)

[Simon Burton]

On Fri, 03 Jan 2003 05:56:35 +0000, Erik Max Francis wrote:

> Simon Burton wrote:
> 
>> I think he meant in comparison to your average point and click editor.
> 
> I might grant that (for non-graphical versions of emacs; GNU emacs with
> X support or XEmacs are very much point-and-click friendly), but would
> vi really fair better?  Point-and-clickers would be utterly dumbfounded
> by vi upon a first encounter; you have to enter a code to even start
> typing!

Yes!

One thing i noticed when teaching newbies with emacs: it's possible to do
much damage with 2 or 3 keystrokes. But of course, we are not comparing
emacs to vim; it took me about 10 years to recover from my initial
shock-horror reaction to vi, but now i use it (well, vim) all the time :) .

bye,
Simon Burton