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Is anyone familiar with "VIM version 7.3" ? Or what its function is on a MacBookPro?
 

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VIM is a text editor for the command line (you can get GUIs for it as well). It's way better than Emacs (this is a comment for the *nix nerds here).
 

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VIM is a text editor for the command line (you can get GUIs for it as well). It's way better than Emacs (this is a comment for the *nix nerds here).

Now now Van.."way batter than Emacs"?? I think not..Emacs is just too loaded with features..I grant you that vi is great for a lot of work..and my main use of quick editing..:p
 

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Oh yes, way way better. I need a text editor, not an operating system. :p

All I need to have a fantastic code editor can be done in four lines of vimrc configuration:
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set guioptions-=T
set wrap!
set number
syntax on

Emacs could never be that elegant. :p
 
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Now now Van.."way batter than Emacs"?? I think not..Emacs is just too loaded with features..I grant you that vi is great for a lot of work..and my main use of quick editing..:p


Quick editing? sed ;)
 

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Quick editing? sed ;)

Mike..OK yeah..that works too for one line/word changes..but for simple code changes ( that I do all day) I end up using VI but if I'm going to writing anything for any extended period of time, I end up sitting in Emacs..:)
 

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Fixed that for you. :p

LOL,with the extensions I have running, it DOES seem like i'm booting into a OS, thus my using VI when I know I want to change one line and not write the next Epic app..;)
 

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Haha, Emacs is for serious jobs then? ;)

Perhaps I should give it another try. I'm bad for sticking with things that I'm comfortable with and it wouldn't hurt to try new apps/editing paradigms.
 
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Mike..OK yeah..that works too for one line/word changes..but for simple code changes ( that I do all day) I end up using VI but if I'm going to writing anything for any extended period of time, I end up sitting in Emacs..:)

I'm just teasin' :D . I use VI for one reason, and one reason alone. It's installed on every Unix and Unix-like box out there. Not so much for Emacs, so I've played with it a couple times.. and that's it.
 

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Here you go. If you need a nice "in-between" (something that blends OS X shortcuts with Vim ones), look no further than MacVim.
 

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